In the latest exhibition, artists synonymous with these two schools are featured including the pioneer of Newlyn painting Walter Langley, the figure and landscape watercolours of Thomas Cooper Gotch, the maritime paintings of Henry Scott Tuke and from the St Ives School, paintings by George Fagin Bradshaw, Edmund Fuller and Moffat Lindner.
Alongside these artists are views of the town by artists such as Eustace Nash. The St Ives Modernists are also represented here with work by Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Peter Ward and Rose Hilton.
To bring things up to date, this exhibition at the Truro-based gallery, features alongside the collection of Cornish classics, a selection of contemporary artists who are either members of the St Ives and Newlyn Societies of artists or whose work is strongly associated with these two unique places in Cornwall's art history.
From Newlyn, the tradition of Stanhope Forbes' realism is continued in the work of artists such as Bernard Evans with his stunning views in oils of the harbour and village.
Audrey Evans also contributes to the show with her gouaches and pastels. Anne Wallace who is a member of the Newlyn Society has a potent expressive style which when applied to various subjects from flowers to the sea makes for powerful painting.
Brian Mitchell who is a member of the St Ives Society has focused on the wonderful details of paint and rust on the Newlyn fishing fleet in a series of watercolours for this show.
Meanwhile Ray Denton uses the medium of pastel to capture life by the sea in St Ives while regular Lander artist Pamela Slater paints the harbour in twilight.
Another Lander exhibitor Richard Lannowe Hall captures the sweep of St Ives Bay with his aerial perspectives of sea and sky.
Using the abstract language of modern art, St Ives Society member Stuart Thorn creates the atmosphere of Cornish fishing villages in his highly textured paintings of harbours and views across the bay.
The pure shapes, colours and surface of Lar Cann's work refers to the industrial markings on the hinter-land of Cornwall around Bodmin created as a by-product of mineral-ore mining and hard-rock quarrying. While Brian Busselle who has been a member of St Ives Society since 2005 uses oils to create landscapes and abstract paintings which are full of vitality. Adam Milford's painterly abstracts draw inspiration from the dramatic cliffs and landscape of West Penwith.
The show also includes ceramics by the current residents of the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Jacob Bodilly and Michel Francois. Wendy Barker will also be showing her panels of fused glass using old photos, maps and drawings of St Ives and Newlyn.
A real mixture of old and new.
Newlyn and St Ives: Then and Now can be seen at the Lander Gallery, Lemon Street Market, Truro from Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm.
The show runs until November 7. For more details call 01872 275578 or see www.landergallery.co.uk
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