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St Nicholas Chapel and Godrevy Lighthouse from Man's Head, St Ives

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Torre Abbey Museum

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Born in Blackpool in 1942, Johnson studied at Salford and Manchester Schools of Art before starting to paint full time in 1960 at a Manchester studio. He subsequently lived and worked for some years in St Ives, later moving to Teignmouth, where he had a home and studio, although he has now returned to St Ives. His work is ‘abstracted’ but largely figurative. Man's Head, the first outcrop of rocks on the coastal path out of St Ives, has been a special place for the artist since he painted his first work there in 1959. In the summer of 1990, he set out one day to the cliff top with a large canvas. As before, he positioned himself looking towards St Ives with the sea appearing on either side of the great slabs of rock that he intended would dramatically divide the canvas.

Torre Abbey Museum

Torquay

Title

St Nicholas Chapel and Godrevy Lighthouse from Man's Head, St Ives

Date

1990/1991

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 74.5 x W 181.6 cm

Accession number

1997.5

Acquisition method

purchased

Work type

Painting

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