When the Austrian-born painting student Marianne Preindlsberger (1855–1927) first encountered Adrian Stokes (1854–1935) in the summer of 1883 in Brittany, their shared aim was to study plein air realism at first hand. Their marriage marked the start of a renowned artistic and personal collaboration, which was to last for more than 40 years. This is the first book-length study of a major husband-and-wife painting team prominent in the Cornish art scene from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century.