The Newlyn School is a term used to describe a colony of artists based in or near to Newlyn, a fishing village adjacent to
Penzance, Cornwall, from the
1880s until the early
20th century.
Newlyn had a number of things guaranteed to attract artists: fantastic light, cheap living, and the availability of inexpensive models. Everyday life in Newlyn and the area around was to be come a staple of their work. The 'School of Painting', founded by [Stanhope Forbes]? and his wife Elizabeth? in 1899 promoted the study of figure painting.
Newlyn School painters include:
- [Stanhope Forbes]?
- [Walter Langley]?
- Lamorna Birch
- [Elizabeth Forbes]?
- [Henry Scott Tuke]?
- [Annie Walke]?
- [Harold Knight]?
- [Laura Knight]?
- [Harold Harvey]?
- [Norman Garstin]?
- [Ayerst Ingram]?