Newlyn School
The Newlyn School was a colony of artists residing in or near Newlyn , a fishing village near Penzance in Cornwall , England , that lasted from the 1880s through the early 20th century. The establishment of the Newlyn School was modeled on the Barbizon School in France , where the artists left Paris in order to be able to practice open-air painting in an undisturbed environment . These schools, along with related movements from California, are classified as Late Impressionism . Numerous works by the artists' association are now in Penzance in the Penlee House and the Newlyn School Gallery .
history
Walter Langley is considered the founder of the colony and was the first of the group to settle here in 1882. He was first followed by his friend Edwin Harris , then in 1883 Ralph Todd , Frederick Hall , Frank Bramley , Thomas Cooper Gotch and in 1884 Stanhope Forbes . Forbes was soon the group's leading man, so he was later mistaken for the group's founder. Albert Chevallier Tayler , Henry Scott Tuke and Frederick Millard followed in 1884 . On September 4, 1884, the Cornishman newspaper reported that 27 painters had already settled in Newlyn. In 1885 Percy Robert Craft and Elizabeth Armstrong came to the artist group, and in 1886 Norman Garstin followed , who was to have a lasting influence on the further development of the artist colony. In order to make the works of the painter group accessible to a wider public, the Newlyn Art Gallery was founded in 1887 by Thomas Cooper Gotch and others , and it still houses numerous paintings by the association. Gotch also helped set up the Newlyn Industrial Classes , where local youth could learn a variety of arts and crafts.
Newlyn and the surrounding area offered these artists a number of advantages: fantastic lighting, cheap living and the availability of inexpensive models. The artists were fascinated by the fishermen, their simple work at sea and everyday life in the port and the surrounding villages. Accordingly, the cheerful, carefree life is praised in many paintings. But some pictures also show the dangers and tragedies that could take place in the villages by the sea: women with a fearful look at the sea when the fishing boats leave the harbor, or a crying girl who has received news of an accident.
The Newlyn School eventually became so well known that around 120 artists came to Cornwall between 1880 and 1900. After some artists left Newlyn at the end of the 19th century, Elizabeth Adela Forbes and her husband Stanhope Forbes founded the Newlyn School of Painting in 1899 . This has drawn a new generation of artists to the Newlyn area. The most important representative of this second generation was Samuel John Birch , called Lamorna Birch , who came to Cornwall in 1902 and settled near Newlyn in Lamorna . He was soon followed by numerous artists, including Stanley Gardiner , Frank Gascoigne Heath , Harold Knight , Laura Knight , Charles Naper and Ella Naper, and formed the Lamorna Group , whose mentor was Samuel John Birch.
Important representatives
Lamorna Group:
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gallery
Frank Bramley: Every one his own Tale (1885)
Percy Robert Craft: Waiting for the Boats (1887)
Elizabeth Forbes: Across Mounts Bay
Norman Garstin: Newlyn from the Meadow
Thomas Cooper Gotch: Sharing Fish (1891)
Edwin Harris: The Old Salt
Walter Langley: Never Morning Wore to Evening but Some Heart Did Break (1894)
Charles Napier Hemy: Waiting (1895)
Albert Chevallier Tayler: A Dress Rehearsal (1888)
Henry Scott Tuke: The old Sea Dog (1888)
literature
- Caroline Fox: Artists of the Newlyn School, 1880-1900. Newlyn Orion Galleries, Newlyn 1979, ISBN 0-9506579-0-5 .
- Caroline Fox: Painting in Newlyn, 1880–1930. Barbican Art Gallery, London 1985, ISBN 0-9463721-0-1 .
