Dark Mine Coast

Peter Lanyon (1918 - 1964)

Gouache on paper

June 1964

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Born in St Ives, Peter Lanyon studied at Penzance School of Art (1937). In 1939 he met Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo who had settled in St Ives. After 1950, Lanyon’s work remained abstract yet inspired by the Cornish landscape and by the exhibition of American Abstract Expressionism at the Tate (1956). During his solo show in New York (1957) Lanyon met Mark Rothko who later visited him in St Ives. In 1959 Lanyon took up gliding, mainly as a way of getting to know the landscape better – many of his late paintings were based on his aerial experiences. Tragically, injuries sustained in a gliding accident caused Lanyon’s death in December 1964.
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    Subjects
    abstract, seascape/coastal scene, mine
    Materials & Techniques
    paper (as artists material), gouache (as artists material), gouache (as object name)
  • Details
    Artist
    Peter Lanyon (1918 - 1964)
    Title
    Dark Mine Coast
    Date
    June 1964
    Medium
    Gouache on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 76.40 cm, width: 57.80 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Basil Jacobs Fine Art, December 1971
    Inscription
    bc: Lanyon 64 verso: TOP^ / DARK MINE COAST 0219 / Lanyon June 64 / Gouache
    GAC number
    9428