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Visit Penlee House & Museum

Penlee House is a Gallery, Museum, Cafe and Shop. Situated within Penlee Park, a space to reflect and great for family visits.

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A space for exhibitions & events

Alongside our Exhibition programme we run a variety of community events and workshops. The Newlyn School and Social history galleries change often. Find out what’s on.

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A space to learn

Penlee House is committed to lifelong learning. We run workshops for all age groups and offer a school workshop programme.

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A space for all

Built in 1865, as the home of the Branwell family. Penlee House is home to many paintings by members of the Newlyn School. It is also home to the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society collection.

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You can search and browse our collections online. We also have a section dedicated to the Newlyn School.

Millard, Fred

Although Millard was among the founder members of the Newlyn School and remained resident in the village for more than a decade, he is among the lesser known of the core artists. He developed a friendship with the more famous Henry Scott Tuke while a student and this seems to have endured throughout his life.

Biography

Fred Millard – 1857 – 1937

This London-born artist studied in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens, where he was a contemporary of Henry Scott Tuke in 1882.

Millard was clearly among the original Newlyn School artists as he appears in the group photographs of 1884, and one of the studios in Bateman’s Meadow was constructed for him. In 1889 his address was at Belmont, Paul Hill, and in 1891 he lived in Fore Street, Newlyn.

A genre painter, he exhibited mainly at the Society of British Artists, and also at the Royal Academy, with early titles including The Convalescent, Bad News and Walls Have Ears.

By 1894, he had left Newlyn and moved to Hampstead, London. In 1896 his address was in Boreham Wood, where Tuke frequently visited him by bicycle between 1899 and 1905. Tuke also mentions in his diary that Millard had a ‘dock studio’ in Falmouth in 1902, and it is clear he maintained a home in Falmouth while living primarily in the London area for a number of years.

Later he returned, with his wife, to live on Cliff Road at Falmouth, though he continued to exhibit in London, primarily with the Royal Society of British Artists. He died in London, aged 80 on 13 October, 1937.

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Penlee House is a beautiful art gallery and museum, set within sub-tropical gardens, with a great café.

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Our vibrant exhibition programme celebrates the nationally important art and history of West Cornwall.

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Learning

From school visits to family activities, talks and walks, there are plenty of learning opportunities at Penlee House.

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Our Café

Enjoy a delicious lunch or coffee at the Orangery Café, with its sunny terrace overlooking the park.

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