Penlee House Gallery & Museum is a welcoming, friendly gallery set amid the beautiful, sub-tropical Penlee Park in the heart of Penzance.
West Cornwall has played an important role in the international art scene for many years. Our collection contains significant works from the Newlyn School and Lamorna Colony artists who thrived in the area from the 1880s to the 1940s.
Art Unlocked is an online talk series by Art UK in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies. This Curation is based on a talk by Michael Harris, Curator and Deputy Director, at Penlee House Gallery & Museum, on 16th November 2022. You can watch a recording of the talk on Art UK's YouTube channel.
Zandvoort Fishergirl 1884
Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912)
Oil on canvas
H 68 x W 53.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
Among the Missing – Scene in a Cornish Fishing Village 1884
Walter Langley (1852–1922)
Watercolour over graphite, with scratching out, on paper
H 118 x W 85 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
The Rain It Raineth Every Day 1889
Norman Garstin (1847–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 95 x W 164 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum


Kerris Quarry 1937
Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)
Oil on canvas
H 140 x W 188 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum

Men Working in a China Clay Pit 1912
Laura Knight (1877–1970)
Watercolour on paper
H 62 x W 87 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum