The Newlyn School were a group of artists who settled in Newlyn in the 1880s and painted scenes of life in the local fishing community. Although most famous for painting outdoors -en plein air- these artists were also highly skilled at painting interiors, which included cottages, schools, sail lofts, workshops and scenes posed in the artists' own homes and studios.The exhibition explores the lives of Newlyners through these paintings, bringing together a fine selection of interiors depicting domestic scenes of contemplation and grief as well as cheerful card games, reading and other pastimes.Including works from both public and private collections, some works have rarely, if ever, been exhibited at a public gallery in Cornwall.
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 152.4 x W 200 cm
Tate
The Jubilee Hat 1887
Frank Wright Bourdillon (1851–1924)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 67.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
Mending Nets
Mending Nets, 1903 - Edwin Harris. Bowerman Charitable Trust
Dinner Time – Ambrose Rouffignac in the Sail Loft 1883
Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 31.5 x W 50.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
The Mariner's Sunday School 1897
William Holt Yates Titcomb (1858–1930)
Oil on canvas
H 112 x W 151 cm
Heritage Doncaster
Primitive Methodists at Prayer 1889
William Holt Yates Titcomb (1858–1930)
Oil on canvas
H 130 x W 89 cm
Dudley Museums Service
Time Moveth Not, our Being 'tis that Moves 1882
Walter Langley (1852–1922)
Watercolour on paper
H 92 x W 56 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
A Quiet Afternoon
A Quiet Afternoon, 1882 - Walter Langley. Private Collection
'By hammer and hand, all arts doth stand' (The Forge)
William Banks Fortescue (1850–1924)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 71.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
Young Apprentice (Newlyn Copperworks)
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 61.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
The Cornish Pasty 1885
Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912)
Drypoint on paper
H 20 x W 26.5 cm
Penlee House Gallery & Museum
The Harbour Window 1910
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 112.5 x W 86.7 cm
Royal Academy of Arts
Treasure Island
Treasure Island, 1920 - Stanhope Forbes. Bowerman Charitable Trust
The 22 January 1901 (Reading the News of the Queen’s Death in a Cornish Cottage) 1901
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 96.4 x W 124 cm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
A Game of Cut-Throat Euchre
A Game of Cut-Throat Euchre, 1909 - Frank Gascoigne Heath. Penlee House Gallery & Museum
A Game of Old Maid
A Game of Old Maid, c.1890 - Elizabeth Forbes. Private Collection.
Reflections 1916
Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 49.5 x W 45 cm
Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust
Titbits
Titbits, 1929 - Harold Harvey. Bowerman Charitable Trust
Explore artists in this Curation
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William Holt Yates Titcomb (1858–1930) -
Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859–1912) -
Leghe Suthers (1856–1924) -
William Banks Fortescue (1850–1924) -
Frank Wright Bourdillon (1851–1924) -
Walter Langley (1852–1922) -
Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941) -
Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947) -
Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) -
Frank Bramley (1857–1915)