The Newlyn School was an art colony of artists based in or near

Newlyn Newlyn ( kw, Lulyn: Lu 'fleet', Lynn/Lydn 'pool') is a seaside town and fishing port (the largest fishing port in England) in south-west Cornwall, UK.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Newlyn lies on the shore of Moun ...

, a fishing village adjacent to Penzance, on the south coast of

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, from the 1880s until the early twentieth century. The establishment of the Newlyn School was reminiscent of the

Barbizon School The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its nam ...

in France, where artists fled Paris to paint in a more pure setting emphasising natural light. These schools along with a related California movement were also known as En plein air. Some of the first British artists to settle in the area had already travelled in Brittany, but found in Newlyn a comparable English environment with a number of things guaranteed to attract them: fantastic light, cheap living, and the availability of inexpensive models. The artists were fascinated by the fishermen's working life at sea and the everyday life in the harbour and nearby villages. Some paintings showed the hazards and tragedy of the community's life, such as women anxiously looking out to sea as the boats go out, or a young woman crying on hearing news of a disaster. Walter Langley is generally recognised as the pioneer of the Newlyn art colony and

Stanhope Forbes Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was a British artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.Elizabeth in 1899, promoted the study of figure painting. A present-day

Newlyn School of Art Newlyn School of Art is a not-for-profit educational organisation based in West Cornwall offering short art courses and mentoring by way of professional development for artists. The art school was set up in 2011 with part funding from the Arts C ...

was formed in 2011 with Arts Council funding providing art courses taught by many of the best-known artists working in Cornwall today. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Lamorna, a nearby fishing village to the south, became popular with artists of the Newlyn School and is particularly associated with the artist S. J. "Lamorna" Birch who lived there from 1908.

Member artists

Newlyn School painters include: *

Lamorna Birch Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (7 June 1869 – 7 January 1955) was an English artist in oils and watercolours. At the suggestion of fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, Birch adopted the ''soubriquet'' "Lamorna" to distinguish himself from Li ...

* Frank Bramley *

Marjorie Frances Bruford Marjorie Frances Bruford known as Midge Bruford (9 April 1902 – 1958) was a British artist associated with the Newlyn School of artists. Although born in Eastbourne, Bruford was an active participant in several of the artist groups based in ...

* Elizabeth Forbes *

Stanhope Forbes Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was a British artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.Norman Garstin * Caroline Gotch * Thomas Cooper Gotch * Frederick Hall * Edwin Harris * Gertrude Harvey * Harold Harvey *

Eleanor Hughes Eleanor Mary Hughes ( Waymouth), (3 April 1882 – 1959) was a New Zealand landscape artist who mostly painted in watercolours. She settled and worked in Britain and became an active member of the Newlyn School of artists and the nearby L ...

Ayerst Ingram William Ayerst Ingram or W. Ayerst Ingram RBA (27 April 1855 Twickenham, Surrey – 20 March 1913 Falmouth, Cornwall) was a painter and member of the Newlyn School. He did notable Landscape art and Marine art. In 1906 he joined the Royal Inst ...

Mary Jewels Mary Jewels (5 February 1886–1977) was a British painter, born in Newlyn in Cornwall. Jewels never had any formal training and painted in a naïve style, mainly landscapes, portraits, fishing and harbour scenes in oil. She was a friend of ...

* Harold Knight * Laura Knight * Walter Langley *

Carey Morris Carey Morris (17 May 1882 – 17 November 1968) was a Welsh painter, illustrator, author and businessman born in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire.

* Alfred Munnings * Dod Procter * Charles Simpson *

Ruth Simpson Ruth Simpson may refer to: * Ruth Simpson (activist) (1926–2008), author and founder of the United States' first lesbian community center * Ruth Simpson (artist) (1889–1964), British artist * Ruth DeEtte Simpson Ruth DeEtte Simpson (May 6, 19 ...

* Albert Chevallier Tayler * Henry Scott Tuke * Annie Walke née Fearon For a full list see: George Bednar. ''Every Corner was a Picture: A checklist compiled for the West Cornwall Art Archive of 50 artists from the early Newlyn School painters through to the present.''

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Newlyn School
(Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art)

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The Lamorna Society Lamorna ( kw, Nansmornow) is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the Penwith peninsula approximately south of Penzance. Lamorna became popular with the artists of the Newlyn School, including Alfred Munnings, Lau ...

) Cornish culture 19th century in the United Kingdom English artist groups and collectives Newlyn Victorian era Artist colonies {{Cornwall-org-stub

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