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Percy Robert Craft
The Soul of the Cornish Coast: The Life and Legacy of Percy Robert Craft The history of British landscape painting is often told through the lens of grand, sweeping vistas, yet some of its most profound emotional resonances are found in the intimate, salt-sprayed corners of the world. Percy Robert Craft (1856–1934) was a master of such intimacy. Born in Worcestershire, England, Craft’s early life was marked by a poignant struggle again
st hardship; the loss of his father to tuberculosis when he was only eight years and a mere child left an indelible mark on his spirit. This early encounter with fragility and the ephemeral nature of life perhaps fueled his later devotion to capturing the fleeting light and rugged permanence of the Cornish coastline. Around 1880, Craft found his true artistic home in Mousehole, Cornwall, becoming a vital participant in the Newlyn Scho…
