Peter Lanyon was a British painter known for his abstract depictions of the Cornish landscape.
His passion for gliding allowed him to take in the St Ives landscape on a different level, providing him with new perspectives of the familiar shore and coastlines.
He studied at Penzance School of Art in 1937, the Euston Road Art School in 1938 and then under Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo at St Ives. He taught at the Bath Academy of Art, Corsham from 1950 to 1957. He travelled and taught in the USA but St Ives continued to be his home and inspiration.