Norman Garstin
Norman Garstin (born August 28, 1847 in Cahirconlish , Limerick , Ireland ; † June 22, 1926 ) was an Irish late Impressionist painter and an important representative of the Newlyn School , an artist colony of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
life and work
Norman Garstin first studied technology and architecture. Some time later he tried his luck in gold and diamond mining in South Africa , but, unlike his friend Cecil Rhodes, was unable to amass any fortunes. Eventually he founded The Cape Times newspaper . Despite his reputation as an excellent journalist, his financial situation did not improve significantly, so that he returned to Ireland in 1877 to live as a gentleman and hobby painter.
In 1880 he enrolled in Charles Verlat's academy in Antwerp . From there he went to Paris , where he worked for three years in Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran 's studio . He then traveled to southern France, Italy , Morocco and Spain . In 1885 he came in contact with members of the Newlyn School, joined them a year later and settled in Newlyn . In 1890 he moved to the neighboring village of Penzance and lived there for many years in Wellington Terrace near Penlee House . He had a lasting influence on the further development of the artist colony, so that Stanhope Forbes later referred to him as the intellectual mentor of the Newlyn School.
Garstin, like many of his contemporaries, was fascinated by Japanese calligraphy and admired the work of the American painter James McNeill Whistler . Enthusiastic about the naturalistic tradition of the Barbizon School and the open-air work of French Impressionists such as Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas , he aimed at an accurate and unadorned rendering of country life. His later works became more anecdotal in content.
Garstin had the talent to capture the atmosphere and the mystery of a special moment and to reproduce this in perceptible effects of light. One of his best-known paintings is The Rain It Raineth Every Day from 1889, which can now be seen in Penlee House in Newlyn. Garstin exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1883. On the side, he taught 40 students a year in summer courses for 25 years.
literature
- Richard Pryke: Norman Garstin - Irishman & Newlyn Artist , Spire 2005, ISBN 0-9543615-9-8
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garstin, Norman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish late impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cahirconlish , Limerick , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1926 |