Porthminster Gallery in St Ives will host Joan Gillchrest: A Passion for Penwith and its People from August 8 to September 26, featuring a wide selection of Gillchrest’s distinctive oil paintings.
Gillchrest, who died in 2008, was known for her naïve depictions of Cornish life in towns such as Newlyn, Mousehole, and St Ives.
Her work often captured fishing boats, harbours, and the characters of the coastal communities she loved.
A gallery spokesman said: “All works in the exhibition are for sale, with prices ranging from £1,900 to £4,900 for framed paintings by Joan Gillchrest, and £50 to £400 for ceramics by Anne Barrell.
“The Own Art 0% APR purchase plan is available on all works in the show.”
Gillchrest’s work was heavily influenced by the St Ives School, notably artists such as Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, and Bryan Pearce.
The exhibition will also include a curated selection of works by Bryan Pearce, as well as newly hand-painted ceramics by Anne Barrell.
This showcase will run throughout the St Ives September Festival, adding to the town’s artistic celebrations.
Born Joan Linda Gilbert Scott in 1918, Gillchrest studied at the Grosvenor School of Art from 1935 to 1939.
She exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club, and the London Group.
During the Second World War, she volunteered as an ambulance driver with Westminster Hospital.
Gillchrest moved to Mousehole in 1958, where she focused on painting the Cornish landscape and its people.
Her first solo exhibition was held at Plymouth Art Gallery in 1969.
She continued to show her work in galleries across the UK until her passing in 2008.
Porthminster Gallery has gained a strong reputation over the past 18 years for its exhibitions and changing stock of 20th Century Modern St Ives and British Art.
The gallery is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 5pm.
It is located at 22 Fore Street, St Ives, near the Barbara Hepworth Studio and Garden.
Admission is free, and visitors can purchase artwork through the gallery’s interest-free payment scheme.