Paintings at the Edge:
Britain's Coastal Art Colonies (1880–1930)

Cactus Flower, Walberswick, 1915 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Pencil and watercolour Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust	Lamorna Birch and his Daughters Laura Knight Oil on canvas University of Nottingham	Potato Planting, 1886 Edward Hornel Oil on canvas Private Collection

Organised by Penlee House and the University of Northumbria, this major survey exhibition put the Newlyn and Lamorna artists' work in context with that of their near-contemporaries in other British sea-side art colonies in St. Ives, Walberswick (Suffolk), Staithes (Yorkshire), Cullercoats (Northumbria), Kirkcudbright (Dumfries & Galloway) and Cockburnspath (Scottish Border). The cross-over between the colonies is fascinating, and many names appeared in more than one place. The exhibition included works by Newlyn painters Frank Bramley, Walter Langley (who also painted at Walberswick), Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes and Fred Hall, and Lamorna group artists Lamorna Birch, Alfred Munnings, Harold and Laura Knight (who also worked at Staithes) and Charles Naper. The show also included works by Mark Senior, Charles Mackie, Isa Jobling, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, George Clausen and George Henry, among others, loaned from public and private collections throughout the UK.

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