Edmund Fuller 1858-1940
Edmund Fuller arrived in St Ives from Fife in Scotland in the early 1890s. He was part of the early ‘Impressionist’ school of St Ives artists established by Julius Olsson and Louis Grier. Like Olsson, Fuller had an exceptional ability to capture the dramatic sea conditions observed around the North Cornwall coast but showed an equal interest in the St Ives fishermen and the Seine fishing fleet that sailed out of St Ives harbour.
The 1901 Census lists Fuller and his wife Emma living at the House on Cliff at Lelant near St Ives. He exhibited locally at Lanham's, the Arts Club and from his own studios at Barnoon and Dunvegan, as well as nationally, including at the Royal Academy.
Fuller was responsible for the execution of the beaten copper plaque for the St Ives Arts Club Memorial to the artists of the town who lost their lives in WWI, working to a design by Borlase Smart. A close friend was the St Ives artist Fred Milner.
Fullers works are held in public collections including 2 paintings in The Box, Plymouth.
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