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Carn Gloose and Cape Cornwall, St Just /Lannust, Cornwall /Kernow

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Harold Harvey - St Just Tin Miners, 1935, oil on canvas Harold C. Harvey (1874 - 1941) was a Cornish impressionist painter. He painted in oils and watercolours. Harvey was born in Penzance, Cornwall, the son of a bank manager. Harvey studied painting at the Penzance Art School under the Irish born painter, Norman Garstin. He then attending the Academie Julian in Paris between 1894 and 1896. He began his career exploring social realism and impressionism by painting local fishing and agricultural scenes. Harvey married Gertrude Bodinnar in 1911 in Newlyn. The couple had met when Gertrude posed for Harvey. She also became a painter, and was particularly interested in fabrics. Over the years, Harvey expanded his repertoire to include a wide range of subjects such as still lives, interiors, portraits, landscapes, religious themes, and the industrial landscape of Cornwall.

Carn Kenidjack - the Hooting Cairn

Carn Kenidjack – the Hooting Cairn

We’ve all heard the stories. Unsuspecting travellers on some dark, remote road being led astray by strange lights, false paths or mysterious strangers and becoming hopelessly lost. The Cornish call it being piskie-led, (it often happens on the way home from the pub) and there are certain paths that were once famous for such misadventures. Walkers on these routes have to keep their wits about them.

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