Sunday, January 20, 2019

The Newlyn School.

I am supposed to know a bit about famous paintings so it is much to my shame that I have neglected to learn a great deal about The Newlyn School.
Started around 1884 in Cornwall because of the excellence of the local light conditions, it contained at least a dozen artists of quality, notably Stanhope Forbes and Walter Langley - see samples below, first by Forbes and the second by Langley:

The Welsh 'Caleb Prayer.'

  The Ffald-y-Brenin Caleb Prayer. The most widely known "Caleb Prayer" originated at the  Ffald y Brenin Christian Retreat Centre...