Artists' Archives

Francis Hewlett Archive

Francis Hewlett was a well-known artist and Head of Painting at Falmouth College of Art from 1960 until his retirement in 1981. Alongside his vast body of work of observational drawing and painting, including figures, still life, architecture and portraiture, Hewlett was also prolific sculptor making large, and often humourous, ceramic pieces based on the human anatomy and everyday objects.

The Collection includes a substantial series of detailed sketchbooks detailing Hewlett's work over seven decades, alongside photographs, records relating to exhibitions and newscuttings. The Collection also contains a significant body of correspondence between Hewlett and fellow artists, galleries and friends. This correspondence not only gives an insight to the life and work of Hewlett himself, but also his network of fellow artists in Cornwall and beyond.

The variety of subjects of Hewlett's work - from Y-fronts to Cathedrals - ensures that this Collection has a broad appeal and is of great relevance to those with an interest in drawing, painting or sculpture, or indeed the everyday working life of an artist in Cornwall in the Twentieth Century.

Ian Stern Archive

This Collection documents Stern's broad creative practice as a photographer, cameraman and filmmaker until his death at a young age in 1978. Records include a vast array of photographic work including negatives, contact sheets, slides and prints along with Stern's later experiments with photomontage and solarisation. His work on photobook projects is also in evidence along with records relating to his time working with the BBC and as a filmmaker.

This Collection is of significance to those with an interest in the processes of film, photography or animation, in particular portraiture and documentary work. The broad range of subjects documented in Stern's images also brings this Collection to audiences interested in popular and street culture in Britain and North America in the 1970s and international travel.