'An abstract expressionist with constructivist undertones' - Peter Lanyon at Tate St Ives

The first major exhibition of the artist's work for almost 40 years, Peter Lanyon, at Tate St Ives (until 23 January) seeks to emphasise the technical innovation and progression of one of the leading exponents of abstract expressionism in Britain in the 1950s. 

Spanning early Modernist pieces from the 1930s and 40s (created under the influence of Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth) to works produced for his final exhibitions in New York and London before his untimely death in a gliding accident in 1964, the exhibition showcases some of Lanyon's most spectacular work, including Porthleven (1951), a re-creation of an earlier work done in a four hour whirl after he destroyed the original following a heated argument with Nicholson.