Newlyn School

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The Newlyn School was a late 19th- and early 20th-century artists’ colony in Cornwall, England, known for its naturalistic, plein air depictions of local fishing village life.

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Newlyn School canonical 4
Newlyn School of artists 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
artists' colony
activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
artisticStyle naturalism
plein air painting
associatedInstitution Newlyn Art Gallery
associatedPlace Penzance
associatedWith New English Art Club
country United Kingdom
documentedIn art history literature on British painting
focus local fishing village life
genre British Impressionism
hasHeritage influence on Cornish art
inception late 19th century
influencedBy Barbizon School
linked to: Barbizon school

French plein air painting
Realism
languageOfName English
locatedIn Cornwall
England
location Newlyn
movementOrigin artist colony tradition in Europe
movementType rural artist colony
notableMember Charles Walter Simpson
Edwin Harris
Elizabeth Forbes
Frank Bramley
Fred Hall
Harold Harvey
Henry Scott Tuke
Norman Garstin
Ralph Todd
Stanhope Forbes
Thomas Cooper Gotch
Walter Langley
paintingTechnique outdoor painting from life
region West Cornwall
socialTheme fishing industry
working-class life
timePeriod Edwardian era
Victorian era
typicalSubjectMatter coastal landscapes
everyday life
fishing communities
genre scenes
marine scenes

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Newlyn hasCulturalMovement Newlyn School
Lamorna associatedWith Newlyn School of artists
linked to: Newlyn School
Robert Jobling movement Newlyn School
St Peter’s Church, Newlyn associatedWith Newlyn School of artists
linked to: Newlyn School
Florence Carter-Wood movement Newlyn School