Kelly now enjoying the Lakes limelight

The prolific artist Percy Kelly (1918-93) was averse to the limelight and only a few of his paintings were shown publicly during his life. But a major retrospective at the Tullie House gallery Carlisle in 2015 and a birth centenary last year has helped raise the Cumbrian artist’s profile.

Local auction house Mitchells of Cockermouth (20% buyer’s premium) regularly offers Kelly’s artwor…

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