Porthmeor: Peter Lanyon Mural rediscovered at the Victoria Art Gallery

The star of a forthcoming exhibition of Paintings by Peter Lanyon will be a very large oil painting titled ‘Porthmeor’, commissioned in 1962 as a mural by the American collector and patron, Stanley J Seeger.

The idea for the mural was to show the sea and myths associated with it such as the legend of the Golden Fleece. As Lanyon explained: “The main appearance of it is as a fast-moving sea with cross-shore drift and counter drift.” The artist began the painting in his St Ives studio and completed it on site, Debussy’s La mer inspiring him to phrase the work musically.

Also included in the show is the full size study for the mural which will be hung directly above the mural itself, bringing these two important works together for the first time since they were created.

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Venue

Victoria Art Gallery, Central Bath

Dates

25 Oct 2008 - 4 Jan 2009