White Boats, c. 1957
Oil on panel
18 x 16 inches
Signed
Reserved
Provenance
Private collection
Note: Pender was born into the fishing community and brought up in Mousehole, near Penzance. He began painting in 1936, attending the Penzance Art School for some years before WWII. Later he went on to study in Athens, Exeter and Bristol and did not return to Mousehole until 1956.
Most of his active artistic career took place after WWII, and Pender participated in many group and solo shows locally. In 2008 Penlee House Gallery and Museum mounted a major retrospective of his work, and their website provides ample information about the artist. Two of his paintings are in the permanent collection at the RCM.