Stanhope Alexander Forbes RA (1857 –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'.
Educated at Dulwich College, he studied art under John Sparkes. After a period of poor health, Forbes was removed from Dulwich College and studied under private teachers in Brussels. This afforded additional time to draw. After the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Forbes returned to London. By 1878 he attended the Royal Academy under Sir Frederic Leighton and Sir John Millais.
Forbes returned to Ireland for a few months. While there Forbes painted landscapes of the Galway area. He also received his first commission for a portrait. Back in London, at the age of 18, he received another commission for a portrait of a doctor's daughter, Florence. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879.
A painting made there, A Street in Brittany, was shown and well-received at the 1882 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and sold later that year to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. During an 1883 trip to Brittany, Forbes stayed at Quimperlé. His Breton Children in an Orchard - Quimperlé, was shown at the 1884 Royal Hibernian Academy. Two other works were made Fair Measures: a shop in Quimperlé and Preparations for the Market, Quimperlé; They were both shown at the Royal Academy in 1884. True to his degree of satisfaction, the Fair Measures painting was well-received and the Market painting was found to be too blue and shadowless Since blue was the colour of the Breton costumes, Forbes decided that it might be useful to change locations for a broader range of subjects and colours.
Having completed his studies in France, Forbes returned to London and showed works he made in Brittany at the 1883 Royal Academy and Royal Hibernian Academy shows. In 1884 he became a leading figure in the growing colony of artists.
In 1892 Forbes became an Associate of the Royal Academy. Forbes was the founding chairman and trustee of the Newlyn Art Gallery beginning in 1895.
Forbes and his wife founded the Newlyn Art School in 1899. It attracted students such as Ernest and Doris "Dod" Shaw, Frank Gascoigne Heath and Jill and Geoffrey Garnier. The Newlyn area had experienced an economic downturn as the result of failing fishing, mining and farming industries. The school helped to bring an economic resurgence to the area by encouraging individuals to vacation in the area and study and practice art.
For a 1909 publish date, Forbes illustrated Mary Russell Mitford's Sketches of English Life and Character. Some of the illustrations were Old Cronies, Bringing Home the Milk, and February Sunshine.
Forbes generally painted genre scenes and landscapes en plein air. After a Day's Work, made in 1907, it provides a snapshot of life in a small village in Cornwall. In it, a man, covered to protect himself from the rain, leads his horse through the wet streets, which bare the light and reflection from light from inside a house. "With superb skill, the soft light is reflected off the rain-soaked road." A girl is held back from crossing the street by her mother until the man and his horse pass by.
Beyond his plein air painting, he also made interior scenes and was adept at capturing the "warm and charming" effects of lighting on a room and the people in it, such as The Lantern, made in 1897. More poignantly, Mrs. Lionel Birch writes of his style and particularly the painting The Health of the Bride: "[The painting depicts the] dominant note of his life's message, his sense of sympathetic humanity. These people in their humble little parlor, are real and living. Intolerant of all shams and false sentiment, the painter has made himself one with the people he depicts; he has understood the humor which lies so close to tears."
© 2020. All content on this blog is protected by international copyright laws All images are copyrighted © by Stanhope Alexander Forbes or assignee. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only
Educated at Dulwich College, he studied art under John Sparkes. After a period of poor health, Forbes was removed from Dulwich College and studied under private teachers in Brussels. This afforded additional time to draw. After the end of the Franco-Prussian War, Forbes returned to London. By 1878 he attended the Royal Academy under Sir Frederic Leighton and Sir John Millais.
Forbes returned to Ireland for a few months. While there Forbes painted landscapes of the Galway area. He also received his first commission for a portrait. Back in London, at the age of 18, he received another commission for a portrait of a doctor's daughter, Florence. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879.
A painting made there, A Street in Brittany, was shown and well-received at the 1882 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and sold later that year to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. During an 1883 trip to Brittany, Forbes stayed at Quimperlé. His Breton Children in an Orchard - Quimperlé, was shown at the 1884 Royal Hibernian Academy. Two other works were made Fair Measures: a shop in Quimperlé and Preparations for the Market, Quimperlé; They were both shown at the Royal Academy in 1884. True to his degree of satisfaction, the Fair Measures painting was well-received and the Market painting was found to be too blue and shadowless Since blue was the colour of the Breton costumes, Forbes decided that it might be useful to change locations for a broader range of subjects and colours.
Having completed his studies in France, Forbes returned to London and showed works he made in Brittany at the 1883 Royal Academy and Royal Hibernian Academy shows. In 1884 he became a leading figure in the growing colony of artists.
In 1892 Forbes became an Associate of the Royal Academy. Forbes was the founding chairman and trustee of the Newlyn Art Gallery beginning in 1895.
Forbes and his wife founded the Newlyn Art School in 1899. It attracted students such as Ernest and Doris "Dod" Shaw, Frank Gascoigne Heath and Jill and Geoffrey Garnier. The Newlyn area had experienced an economic downturn as the result of failing fishing, mining and farming industries. The school helped to bring an economic resurgence to the area by encouraging individuals to vacation in the area and study and practice art.
For a 1909 publish date, Forbes illustrated Mary Russell Mitford's Sketches of English Life and Character. Some of the illustrations were Old Cronies, Bringing Home the Milk, and February Sunshine.
Forbes generally painted genre scenes and landscapes en plein air. After a Day's Work, made in 1907, it provides a snapshot of life in a small village in Cornwall. In it, a man, covered to protect himself from the rain, leads his horse through the wet streets, which bare the light and reflection from light from inside a house. "With superb skill, the soft light is reflected off the rain-soaked road." A girl is held back from crossing the street by her mother until the man and his horse pass by.
Beyond his plein air painting, he also made interior scenes and was adept at capturing the "warm and charming" effects of lighting on a room and the people in it, such as The Lantern, made in 1897. More poignantly, Mrs. Lionel Birch writes of his style and particularly the painting The Health of the Bride: "[The painting depicts the] dominant note of his life's message, his sense of sympathetic humanity. These people in their humble little parlor, are real and living. Intolerant of all shams and false sentiment, the painter has made himself one with the people he depicts; he has understood the humor which lies so close to tears."
© 2020. All content on this blog is protected by international copyright laws All images are copyrighted © by Stanhope Alexander Forbes or assignee. Apart from fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, the use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained. All images used for illustrative purposes only
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| 1874, Portrait of an English Lady |
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| 1878, Florence |
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| 1881, A Street in Brittany |
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| 1885, A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach |
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| 1894, The Little Smithy |
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| 1894, The Quarry Team |
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| 1901, Châteaudun, Street Scene |
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| 1903, William Henry |
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| 1904, James Jewill Hill |
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| 1905, Home Along Evening |
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| 1906, Newlyn, Cornwall |
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| 1907, Gala Day at Newlyn, Cornwall |
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| 1910, The Harbour Window |
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| 1911, The Old Pier Steps |
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| 1914, Through the Looking Glass |
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| 1915, Amongst the Pines |
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| 1916, The Cottage - woman gathering sticks |
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| 1918, The Munitions Girls |
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| 1919, Fitting Out, Mousehole Harbour |
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| 1919, Mousehole, near Newlyn |
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| 1921, Market Place |
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| 1921, The Inner Harbour – Abbey Slip |
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| 1924, The Sidings |
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| 1925, Street Corner, Cahors |
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| 1927, The Old Bridge of Relebbus |
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| 1927, Through the Marshes |
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| 1933, Viaduc |
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| 1943, Causewayhead Penzance |
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