'Artist of the Month' - Algernon Talmage

He was born at Fifield, Oxfordshire in 1871, and in 1892 joined the Herkomer's Art School in Bushey. Around 2 years later he moved to St. Ives, Cornwall and became part of St. Ives School. He was an Impressionist, primarily as a painter of landscapes and animals. He is widely known as tutor to Emily Carr during her studies at St Ives: he advised her that ‘there is sunshine in the shadows’: Talmage’s palette often shows the stunning brightness of light found in Cornwall.

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