John Drew Mackenzie

John Drew MacKenzie (1861 – 22 July 1918) was a British master craftsman and instructor of the Newlyn Copper school in Cornwall, England. His style is described as arts and crafts/art nouveau.[1]

The Young Apprentice, Newlyn Copperworks by Stanhope Forbes depicts MacKenzie

Mackenzie was born in Shanghai, China,[2][3] and educated at Clifton College.[4] He is credited with being the instigator of the Newlyn Copper industry.

He arrived in Cornwall in 1888 as a painter and illustrator and in 1890 founded the Newlyn Industrial Class, instructing local people in metalwork, enamelling and embroidery. MacKenzie died in 1918 but Tom Batten and Johnny Payne Cotton restarted production at the Newlyn school in 1920.

In 1908, his portrait was painted by Newlyn artist Stanhope Forbes. Entitled The Young Apprentice, Newlyn Copperworks it depicts MacKenzie giving instruction to a young Johnny Payne Cotton. This painting is now on display at Penlee House Gallery in Penzance, Cornwall.[5]

Mackenzie served in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. He died in the Norfolk War Hospital in Norwich.[6]

References
  1. "John Drew MacKenzie, Cornwall artists index". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. 1891 England Census
  3. 1901 England Census
  4. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p73: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  5. "Young Apprentice (Newlyn Copperworks)". Art Fund. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929


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