- 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 asarts and crafts /art nouveau . He is credited with being the instigator of theNewlyn Copper Industry. [http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/art-history/newlyn-da.htm]He arrived in
Cornwall in 1888 as a painter and illustrator and in1890 founded the Newlyn Industrial Class, instructing local people in metalwork; enamelling and embroidery. MacKenzie died in 1918 butTom Batten andJohnny 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 inPenzance ,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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