John Rooney lives on the Roseland peninsula. He uses driftwood to create sculptures and pictures which are sometimes painted and sometimes left plain. He has exhibited at the Veryan Galleries.
NAG exhibitor from 1904-1912; from 1910-17 the artist's sending-in address was in Topsham, Devon.
Based in Porthleven, Eleanor Rose graduated from Falmouth University with an MA in Illustration. Her work is inspired by Buddhist mandala designs and Indian Mehndi patterns.
Vernon Rose now lives in Suffolk, but did live for a time in St Ives (1960s). In 2009 he returned to show at the Market House Gallery in Marazion, in a four-man show, 'Sons of Guns' with one of his old friends, Tony 'Doc' SHIELS.
Born in Edinburgh, she studied at Heatherley's and in Penzance, Cornwall in the mid-1920s, possibly with FORBES. Initially her address was given as Maen Cottage, Newlyn, but by 1931 she had moved to Paul. She exhibited at Lanham's as early as 1928 and Arthur HAYWARD's Shore Studio in the early 1930s.
A portrait of the artist by Midge BRUFORD was exhibited at SWA in 1928.
Rachel Rose is a west Cornwall-based ceramicist. After obtaining a Foundation Diploma from Falmouth College of Art, she gained a BA (Hons) in Art & Design Practice at Plymouth University in 2022.
Recorded in the 1901 Census as a 32 year old Artist (Painter) from Bath, Somerset, lodging at The Terrace, St Ives. Recording her association with the St Ives painters, the artist exhibited one painting, Cornish Sea, at the Whitechapel Exhibition of 1902.
Her obituary (1912) appeared in the St Ives Times : 'Not only the St Ives art colony, but many other friends of Miss Gertrude M Rosenburg, will regret to hear of the death of this lady, which occurred at Oudon, Loire Interieure, France, quite recently. Deceased had been suffering from meningitis, and was only ill a very short time.'
Born in Denmark, he was the son of the Danish minister to Italy and trained in art at Academie Julian, Paris. After 1896 in USA working for Tiffany, he moved to London.
Associated with St Ives (signed Rosenkrantz at Arts Club).
The cousin of Francis John ROSKRUGE, born in St Keverne near Helston, the third child of James and Annie E Roskruge. Her father died in her early years, and her widowed mother brought up the family by working as the sub-postmistress locally in St Keverne. Her first exhibition in 1900 was with the RCPS (Falmouth). She sold three paintings at NAG in 1906. At the time of her one RA success in 1910 she was living at Yelverton, South Devon.
Exhibited two paintings entitled Wall Flowers, and A Bluebell Wood at NAG Winter Exhibition of 1911. She also exhibited in the craft section of the 1926 Christmas Show at NAG (no detail). Upon STISA's formation she was an associate only, becoming a full member in 1931. In the late 1930s Ethel was highly regarded as a miniaturist, working alongside Mabel Maud DOUGLAS and Blanche Hamilton POWELL, and she produced a number of tiny books which she illustrated.
An Engineer Captain in the Royal Navy, he was born at St Keverne, Cornwall and educated in Truro. He served in South Africa during the Boer War and East Africa in the First World War (awarded DSO). He moved to St Ives on his retirement from the Navy in 1922.
He exhibited from Borlase SMART's studio in the Show Day 1924, and was complimented for his 'bitten lines and aqua-tints' in some quantity, including ones of Saltash, Lelant, Selina's Cottage (down Skidden Hill) and A Devon Coombe.
Roskruge exhibited in the NAG Christmas Show of 1926. He was a founder member of STISA and served on the Committee for its first thirteen years. He made a valuable contribution to the 'black and white' section of the society. In the Track of the Moon was considered to be one of his best prints.
However he is perhaps best known for his map of the studios around the town that he prepared for the Show Day brochure each year. Tovey (2003) reprints the 1929 version of Map of Studios (p14) and employs it again in his 2009 social history of the town. Roskruge also illustrated Greville Matheson's book of poetry about St Ives, Crooked Streets.
Not only a keen member of STIAC, he was a good actor and a well-respected playwright. He ceased exhibiting after resigning as STISA Treasurer in 1940, but remained a member until his death. He lived at Bosvean, St Ives and had a studio at his home.
He joined Crysede in 1926 to become the assistant chemist to John Sherlock, concerned with the technical issues of dyes. He provided the information on Crysede Fabrics and Printing Techniques (pp51-54) to the Arts and Crafts in Newlyn 1890-1930 Exhibition Catalogue in May 1986.
From the largely urban and metropolitan environment of London, Ross attended art college in Hull, Yorkshire, before coming to live in Cornwall. This, in his words, was a challenge, and at least partly met by settling in the post industrial environs of Camborne-Redruth. Not so over-exploited, the area offers most in the way of urban/rural contrast than some of the more picturesque parts of the county, and given him access to new subject matter. [2000 Exh cat, Falmouth AG]
Sara Ross began her creative career in the film and theatre industry in London, working as a sculptor, painter and prosthetic artist. She now lives and works in Cornwall.
She runs summer courses in sculpture from her studio in St Ives, and has led workshops at Truro Arts Company (2018).
She became a member of STISA in 2025.
This may be the Stuart ROSS recorded in the previous entry. We would be grateful for clarification.
Rothko visited West Cornwall in the summer of 1958. There is a photograph of a tea party in the garden of the artist Paul FEILER. Others attending were Peter LANYON, and Terry FROST (wrongly ascribed as Feiler himself, who was in fact the photographer). The photo appears in section A (black & white photos) of 100 Years in Newlyn, Diary of a Gallery (Hardie 1995).
The artist came to Cornwall from Brittany, and exhibits his work from Trevelloe Cottages, Lamorna. He takes a graphic approach to sculpture and includes letter cutting and stone carving techniques to create pieces suitable for garden, usually depicting animals, poetry and symbols in stonework.
Mentioned in Whybrow's 1883-1900 list of artists in and around St Ives.
Helen Round lives in Millbrook in southeast Cornwall and exhibits with Drawn to the Valley.
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of a banker, and educated at Queen's College there. He arrived in London in 1901, armed with a bundle of drawings and one editorial introduction. Rountree proceeded to make a unique reputation for himself as an animal artist. His animal drawings, both in colour and black-and white, were sometimes serious, but more often than not were humorous. He was an expert on all aspects of animal, bird and fish life and spent hours at the London Zoo watching his "subjects".
He was a witty, mercurial, bubbling character, "as chirpy", someone once said, "as the sparrows he draws so well". He contributed to numerous magazines and papers, including Punch, The Sketch and The Graphic. He drew many colored covers and inside color plates for the juvenile magazine Little Folks, as well as numerous pictures for children's annuals. He did much of his best work in the coloured comic paper Playtime (1919-1929). Rountree served as a Captain in the Royal Engineers during WWI. He lived for some years in St Ives, Cornwall.
'You do not appear to have any record of Rousseau J J painting in St Ives? Just come accross this exhibit in the 1906 Paris Salon and thought you may be interested as it proves he must have visited Cornwall. I cannot find a reference to him in Cornwall index.' More information welcome!
Vanessa Rousseau Richardson was born in South Africa but now lives in Cornwall. A marine artist, she has developed her own unique impasto style to create three-dimensional artworks on canvas. She also produces decorative art inspired by her South African heritage. She has exhibited at the Shire Hall Gallery in Bodmin.
Caroline Rousseaux was born in London. She has a degree in Fine Art from University College Falmouth. Her art practice is inspired by theatre, folklore and nature. She is currently studying for a Masters Degree in Art & Environment at UCF. In 2011 she founded CArTS (Children's ArT Studio) in Falmouth, which offers creative workships for environmental education for wild cat conservation.
From a family of artists, Claude was brother to the artist Charles, a grandson of Thomas Leeson Rowbotham, and a son of Thomas Charles Leeson Rowbotham. He opened his studio at Upton Slip in about 1896 in Falmouth, and lived at Trevelyan, 6 Woodlane Terrace.
Best known for his aquatints based on travels around the country and abroad (Cornwall, Devon, Lake District, Italy, Yorkshire and Scotland), he first employed young women to hand-colour his prints but later invented a colour printing process. This he partially described in a lecture at the RCPS reprinted in the RCPS Proceedings for 1916.
In 1910 he also exhibited at the RCPS in the watercolour section, and was considered to have a fine talent. The family left Falmouth in 1919 for Berkshire where he continued his work. Rowbotham is a good example of an artist who is never noticed in the reference books as having an established presence in West Cornwall.
A recent correspondent (2012) has identified and described two lovely miniature paintings as exhibiting delicate and great detail, entitled (in pencil) 'At Portscatho' and 'St Just in Roseland'. She had purchased these some years ago at a sale in Wigtown, Scotland.
Another correspondent (2013) has listed the paintings held in their private collection: 'I have six watercolours signed and dated by the above named artist. All are scenes of Cornwall and apart from one have titles as follows: Storm Lelant Cornwall 1909, Evening Mylor Bridge Falmouth 1904, Falmouth Harbour 1909, Kynance Cove Cornwall 1901, Sunset St Mawes Cornwall 1909. The untitled one is signed and dated 1907.' Adding to these findings is yet another (2013) who writes from France to say about A Break in the Clouds - Lizard Downs: 'I should like to inform you that I have the above-named work by Claude Rowbotham in my possession. It was bought by my father probably in the 1950s. It is signed in pencil, undated, measures 3.5 by 2 ins (without the surround) and well preserved. A real little gem.'
This must be the year for discovering CR all over again, as a correspondent from Australia writes: 'I have just purchased an undated, framed and signed 3.5" x 2.25" etching of Mapledurham Mill by above artist, a long way from home here in Tasmania, Australia. Sadly the surround has suffered some slight water damage but that can be fixed!
From Hastings has come the following in (2015): I was given by my aunt some years ago a picture by
Claude Rowbotham which says on the back: "Original Aquatint" by Claude H. Rowbotham. Edition Strictly Limited to 100 signed Artists' Proofs." It is signed under the aquatint and entitled, "Drying the Nets, Cadgwith".
Now in 2016 we have an additional reference to a Cornish watercolour by the artist: "I was interested to read about the information on the artist Claude Rowbotham. I have a watercolour of his which is of Gweek on the Helford and is signed and dated 1897. I inherited it from my father. My father remembers this watercolour hanging in the drawing room of Menheniot vicarage, near Liskeard.... My father was born 1920 so he would recall it from the late 1920's. It also has the original framers label: T. Solomon & Co, Artists Colourmen, Gilders & Picture-frame Makers of 19, King St, Truro. It was refurbished in 1979 but has remained in the same family, probably since original purchase and has only been outside Cornwall for a very short time when I lived in Rutland for five years. I have recently returned to Cornwall and it now hangs on the wall here only a few miles from Gweek."
A correspondent in 2017 has advised us of two limited edition signed artist's proofs in her possession: 'Near Perranporth, Cornwall' and 'Crabbing, Falmouth Beach'. She describes these original aquatints as 'absolute gems, the work is so delicate'. They were bought from a shop in Massachusetts. USA.
A 2018 correspondent has told us of an 8" x 10" aquatint by Rowbotham entitled 'Elter Water and the Langdale Pikes', purchased in the UK.
We were contacted in 2019 by a correspondent in Australia who has purchased a limited edition aquatint signed by Rowbotham entitled 'Chester - the Cathedral'. A further correspondent in 2019 has told us of eight small aquatints which may have been purchased by his grandfather who spent many painting holidays in Crackington Haven, north Cornwall.
A correspondent in the USA (2020) has been in touch with the news that he has an aquatint by Rowbotham entitled 'Misty Night, Percuil Ferry', one of a limited edition of 100.
In 2021 we were contacted by a correspondent who has in her possession a small original aquatint signed by Rowbotham and entitled 'Washing Day - a Court in Fowey'. She believes it would have been bought by her grandfather in Melbourne, Australia, in the 1920s or 1930s.
A further correspondent has some fascinating information about Claude Rowbotham's colourists, mentioned in the second paragraph (above) of this biography. He is the adopted son of one of them, Helen Duguid Spurgin nee Watt, and knew her sisters Hazeline Mary Watt and Emily Watt. The three sisters, who were born around 1900, operated the artist's secret process. Two other sisters, Gwendoline and Caroline, may not have been involved. These young women, whose father was James Watt, a timekeeper at Falmouth Docks, and whose mother was Emily nee Mitchell from Newquay, lived at 33 Wellington Terrace. The studio was in The Bosun's Locker (now a chandlery).
A correspondent in 2022 has told us of a piece by Rowbotham entitled 'Dawn Falmouth Harbour'. A further correspondent (2022) who lives near Cape Cod, USA, has two aquatints by the artist - 'Bray Berks' and 'A Wet Evening, Winchester'. We have heard (2022) of yet another signed aquatint, one of a limited edition of 100 (purchased from a charity shop) entitled 'Anstey's Cove, Devon - Gorse in Bloom'. Another correspondent (2022) tells us that she also has a copy of 'A Break in the Clouds - Lizard Downs' (see above). It was bought at an antiques auction near Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1980s. We have been told of three recently acquired Rowbotham miniatures (2022) - 'Sea Pinks', 'Rainy Sunset - Lizard Downs' and 'Tintagel'.
We were contacted in 2023 by a correspondent who has a Rowbotham aquatint entitled 'Pump Court, Upton Slip, Falmouth', purchased in Bath.
A correspondent (2024) in Victoria, Australia, has told us of three exquisite etchings in his possession which he inherited from his grandmother in 1970: 'Truro from the Malpas Road'; 'Falmouth Bay from Penance Point'; and 'Cliff Path, Cadgwith'.
We have been told (2024) of two aquatints, signed in pencil, acquired some years ago in Liverpool: 'Storm at the Lizard' and 'Sun Breaking Through Sea Fog Falmouth Harbour'.
In 2024 we were advised of four miniatures aquatints by Claude H. Rowbotham in the possession of a correspondent. They are: "Path by the Stream, Swanpool"; "Homestead near the Lizard"; "Granny Green's Cottage, St. Mawes" and "Drying the Nets, Cadgwith". These limited editions bear the artist's signature in pencil.
A correspondent was in touch in 2025 to tell us of 'Early Soring Grasmere', a signed work by the artist, which has been in her family since 1942.
A further correspondent (2025) has told us of a recently acquired aquatint entitled 'Steep Hill Cove, Isle of Wight', signed in pencil.
It is excellent to know that this artist's work is still be bought and treasured, and also how important art is in people's lives.
Census records list Louisa as an artist daughter of Sampson T Rowe, a Chemist, and his wife Fanny, and the younger sister of Gertrude (Fanny). She was born in Redruth and was living at Tresarrol House, Drump Road, Redruth at the age of 22.
In the year 1937, when the artist exhibited two paintings at NAG, he also attended the FORBES SCHOOL.
Born in Plymouth, he was educated at Plymouth Public School and King's College, London. He first exhibited with STISA in 1929, having had some success at Liverpool in the previous couple of years.
He lived at Mount Hawke, Truro, writing hundreds of articles on the history of Truro and its surrounding parishes, having made an extensive study of early Cornish newspapers. He was Secretary of the Kernow Society and was keen on archaeology, photographing nearly all the Cornish crosses.
In 1928 at NAG he exhibited The Old Pine and The Three Sisters at the Summer Show. Like Borlase SMART, he was initiated as a Bard at the Gorsedd at Roche Rock in 1933 (depicted by Herbert TRUMAN), his chosen name being Menhyryon (Long-Stones). He contributed to early editions of the Cornish Review, by which time he was serving as the representative of Cornwall on the General Committee of the Celtic Congress.