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Jack Pender (1918-1998)
The popular Mousehole painter Jack Pender died 10 years ago this year, and Penlee House commemorated this with a selected retrospective exhibition of this much-loved painter's work. Throughout his painting career, Jack Pender's subject-matter was largely his home fishing village of Mousehole, its boats and people. Many other artists have painted this picturesque harbour but few knew it as intimately as Pender. Aged 12, Pender had sat alongside Christopher Wood, watching him paint 'PZ134' (now in the collection of the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne) and was inspired to become a painter himself. He became a well-known and very involved member of the local and artistic communities, his profile and status lead to him being made a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth and being featured in more than one BBC documentary. Although his work is featured in many distinguished collections and commercial galleries, this was the first major exhibition in a public gallery - a long-overdue tribute to one of West Cornwall's most notable native talents.
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