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Canney's impact as an artist is in many ways secondary to his significance as a broadcaster, writer, curator, lecturer and champion of art, particularly in Cornwall. During his time as Curator of Newlyn Art Gallery he curated some significant exhibitions and promoted a more forward thinking attitude, which led to the Gallery attracting Arts Council funding. He worked in a variety of styles, from traditional landscapes, through Lanyon and landscape influenced abstract works like 'Coast to Coast' to more hard-edged, almost mathematical constructivist pieces later in his career.
Brief Biography
1923 born in Falmouth, son of the Vicar of Pencoys.
1925 moves to Redruth when father appointed Rector.
1937 attends Taunton School, encouraged to take up art seriously by W. Lyons Wilson, a fringe member of the British surrealists and friend of Herbert Read.
1940-42 takes art classes at Redruth and Penzance schools of art and with Leonard Fuller; meets members of the St Ives art circle.
1942 showed Cornish watercolours in the Piazza Studios, encouraged by Borlase Smart.
1942-47 - served as draughtsman in the Royal Engineers. Serves in Italy and impressed by art and architecture. Received encouragement from Giorgio de Chirico whom he met in Florence.
1947-51 attends Goldsmiths College (at the same time as Bridget Riley and Albert Irvin) on the 'Illustration and Graphic Design' course, studies composition with Carel Weight and painting with Adrian Ryan. Also meets champions of abstract art Victor Pasmore and Kenneth Martin.
1950-52 suffering from TB he takes the opportunity to paint around Newlyn and Mousehole. Painted simplified though relatively traditional landscape scenes.
1952-56 teaching in London, produced some cubist style works.
1956-64 served as curator of Newlyn Art Gallery.
1957-77 contributed to over 200 documentary programmes for TV and radio in BBC West area.
1957 meets Marlow Moss, a pupil of Fernand Léger and friend of Mondrian, then living in Lamorna.
1958 worked on an 'Early Newlyn' exhibition with Alethea Garstin.
1959 - worked on a successful open air sculpture exhibition in Penlee Park with Barbara Hepworth.
1964 inaugurated the Porthleven Summer School of Painting. Work shows a distinct Lanyon influence.
1965-66 visiting director of the University of California art gallery, where he curated a surrealism exhibition.
1966 invited by Paul Feiler to join the West of England College of Art, returns to Constructivist interests, including principles of mathematics/geometry in his work.
1978 works on the Alethea and Norman Garstin retrospective exhibition.
1983 retires as Head of Fine Art, Bristol Polytechnic.
1984 - moved to Italy, spending 8 years in Tuscany.
1990 exhibition of 'Paintings, Constructions and Reliefs' at Belgrave Gallery.
1992 returned to England to live in Devizes. |
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Michael CanneyRelief, 1959Relief
9.25 x 7.25 ins (23.50 x 18.42 cms)
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