Talk: The Bowerman Collection, Methodism and the Art of Newlyn

A talk on David Bowerman’s Newlyn art collection and Methodism’s influence on the artists and community of Newlyn.

Janet Taylor will trace her father David Bowerman’s collecting and the collection’s public purpose. Revd Simon Downham will discuss the influence of Methodist and evangelical faith on the artistic life of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Newlyn, and the Bowerman Collection’s work to share Newlyn art.