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This first ever queer history of St Ives weaves together biography
with art and social history to shine new light on a pivotal era in
the development of British modernism. At its centre is the sculptor
John Milne (1931-1978), who arrived in the town in 1952 to work as
an assistant to Barbara Hepworth. Hidden behind 20-foot-high
granite walls, Milne's house, Trewyn, became a meeting point for
queer figures from the arts as well as the scene of legendary
parties. The large cast - both queer and otherwise - featured in
Queer St Ives and Other Stories includes artists Francis Bacon,
Alan Lowndes, Marlow Moss, Patrick Procktor, Mark Tobey, Keith
Vaughan and Brian Wall; Whitechapel Art Gallery director Bryan
Robertson; actors Keith Barron and Richard Wattis; potter Janet
Leach; and writers Tony Warren and Richard Blake Brown. There is
also the extraordinary Julian Nixon, a queer Everyman whose
involvement in the group has been little explored until now. Based
on original interviews and previously unpublished letters and
diaries, Queer St Ives and Other Stories reveals a fascinating,
previously undocumented history, adding vital new insights into the
history of this fabled Cornish art colony. Publication supported by
the Paul Mellon Centre.
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