John Drew Mackenzie

John Drew Mackenzie

John Drew MacKenzie was a famous master craftsman and instructor of the Newlyn Copper school in Cornwall, UK. His style is described as arts and crafts/art nouveau. He is credited with being the instigator of the Newlyn Copper Industry. [http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/art-history/newlyn-da.htm]

He arrived in Cornwall in 1888 as a painter and illustrator and in 1890 founded the Newlyn Industrial Class, instructing local people in metalwork; enamelling and embroidery. MacKenzie died in 1918 but Tom Batten and Johnny Payne Cotton restarted production at the Newlyn school in 1920.

In 1908 his portrait was painted by the famous Newlyn artist, Stanhope Forbes it was entitled 'The Young Apprentice, Newlyn Copperworks' it depicts MacKenzie giving instruction to a young Johnny Payne Cotton. This painting is now on display at Penlee House Gallery in Penzance, Cornwall. [http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/images/artists/forbes-sa/young-apprentice.jpg]

External links

*http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/art-history/newlyn-da.htm


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