Percy Robert Craft (1856 – 1934): Echoes of Cornwall and the Newlyn School Percy Robert Craft, born in 1856 in Worcestershire, England, emerged as a prominent figure within the burgeoning Cornish artistic movement known as the Newlyn School. His life was marked by both personal tragedy and remarkable creative achievement, leaving an indelible mark on British landscape painting and contributing significantly to the stylistic evolution of Post-Impressionism. Craft’s early years were overshadowed by familial hardship; his father, a farmer, succumbed to tuberculosis when Percy was just eight ye…