Charles Henry SIMS
An official War Artist in WWI, multi-talented Sims's style changed to become spiritual and numinous thereafter. Mentioned in Whybrow's 1921-39 list of artists in and around St Ives, from 1920-26 he was employed as Keeper of the RA but resigned due to mental illness; he took his own life in Scotland.
A portrait by Sims of Alan Gordon MacWhirter (1903) and a domestic garden scene entitled The Little Faun (1908) are part of the permanent collection of the RCM, Truro.
media
Portrait, landscape, decorative (murals) painter and illustrator
works and access
In Cornwall: RCM, Truro (2) as mentioned above
memberships
ARA (1908); RA (1915)
references
Chantry Bequest List: Tate On-line
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p346)
Public Catalogue Foundation (2007) Cornwall & Isles of Scilly: Oil Paintings in Public Ownership;
RA Directory
Whybrow St Ives
www.outsiderart.co.uk (Henry Boxer Gallery)