The Lander Gallery offers an astonishing range of fine art from four centuries with a rich Cornish flavour.
Works are for sale at prices ranging from under a hundred pounds to many thousands.
You are invited to come to see the pictures in the gallery or visit the website for an overview of our continuing exhibitions of classic Cornish art.
If you are looking for exactly the right picture for your wall or have a favourite artist; if you are looking to invest for the first time, or are an established collector, we may be able to help.
We can often find things for you and have art works delivered across the world. Cornwall has been a centre for art since John Opie in the eighteenth century.
The arrival of the railway brought countless artists down to explore the celebrated Cornish beauty spots: Polperro, Newquay, Tintagel and the like. Some picturesque places attracted numbers of artists who formed groups loosely known as SCHOOLS - notably Newlyn, Lamorna, St. Ives and Falmouth.
Featured Painting:
EDITH HUME 1841
The Lander Gallery has discovered a painting by an important artist from Victorian Truro.
EDITH DUNN (born 1841) was one of the most successful women to emerge from Truro in the 19th century, though few people know about her now. She grew up in Pydar Street, where her father was a tea merchant.
When Edith was young and learning to paint, Cornwall was just beginning to attract artists and she was able to meet the skilled professionals who were discovering St. Ives for the first time.
She painted warm sunny outdoor scenes which could be quite sentimental in the Victorian taste - and were very popular. Well over a hundred were shown in important galleries all over the country. In London she was shown at all the most important galleries - the Fine Art Society, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Academy. This wealth of fine paintings was a tremendous achievement for a Truro girl.
The painting which has been discovered by the Lander Gallery is full of sunshine and warmth, showing a boy playing with a toy boat in the sea. The vessel is made out of his shoe - and on the little sail you can just see he has written DAD. In the distance real fishing boats sail past.
