Joan Gilchrest was born in London in 1918. In 1958, Joan Moves to Mousehole where she starts to exhibit her work at the Newlyn Art Gallery and the St Ives Society of artists. Joan Gilchrest painted the life of the rugged Cornish fishing life of Newlyn, Mousehole and St Ives. Joan Gilchrest's oil paintings were naive and influenced Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, and Bryan Pearce of St'Ives. Joan Gilchrest could capture the humour of Cornish life in her colourful paintings. Joan died in her home in Mousehole in 2008. She is well remembered for starting off the Mousehole Christmas Lights, which still shine on to this very day attracting thousands of tourists to the quaint fishing village of Mousehole.
Joan Gilchrest
Another New Day
£4,100.00
Joan Gilchrest
Arranging Poppies
£2,850.00
Joan Gilchrest
Do You Wish You Were With them
£4,500.00
Joan Gilchrest
Girl with a Black Cat
£2,850.00
Joan Gilchrest
Having Tea with a Friend
£3,510.00
Joan Gilchrest
Ice cream eaters
Joan Gilchrest
Just Married
Joan Gilchrest
Morning Gossip in Mousehole
Joan Gilchrest
Mousehole
£4,500.00
Joan Gilchrest
Paul Church
£2,850.00
Joan Gilchrest
Visiting Alfred Wallis' Grave
Joan Gilchrest
Watching The Boats
