Peter Lanyon c.1961 Pt 1

Interview by Lionel Miskin

Pt1: Childhood and 'unhealthy family backgrounds', Lamorna Birch, Clifton, Borlase Smart, Euston Road, William Coldstream and Victor Pasmore

Pt2: Spanish Civil War, lessons with Ben Nicholson, Gabo's studio, Carbis Bay, bending perspex in the oven

Pt3: Politics and the Left, South Africa, 'natives', RAF, Cape Family

Outside Little Park Owles c1960

This page features extracts from recordings held in storage in the St Ives Archive Study Centre, and transferred into a digital format for the first time. http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/.