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St Ives, a small Cornish town on the southwest coast of England, perhaps seems an unlikely site for a major art gallery. Its artistic connections however, date back to Victorian times, when artists visited St Ives to paint, attracted by its special quality of light and a new railway link easing access to the town. During the Second World War, the artists Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, and Naum Gabo settled near St Ives. They were joined after the war by younger artists, establishing the town as an important artistic centre for the avant-garde and forming what has since been recognised as the St Ives School. Later visitors included artists of international renown such as the American abstract painter Mark Rothko. |
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