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Art and Discomfort
Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947) and the painters of The Newlyn School took their art outdoors. The created multi-figure compositions from observation, overcoming all the challenges of wind, weather, changing light, and curious locals.
Forbes said:
"I have often found the success of a picture to be in inverse ratio to the degree of comfort in which it has been produced. I scarcely like to advance the theory that painting is more successful when carried on in discomfort, and with everything conspiring to wreck it, for fear of rendering tenantless those comfortable studios the luxury of which my good friends in the Melbury Road and St. John's Wood so much enjoy."
Forbes also worked in the studio, but he and the other artists in Cornwall, fused the academic knowledge of multi-figure composition with the practical insights of Impressionism.
The Melbury Road and St. John's Wood artists he was referring to were probably Frederic, Lord Leighton, George Frederick Watts, George Du Maurier and Philip Hermogenes Calderon. These fixtures of the Royal Academy were known for their Shakespearean subjects, elaborate costumes, and social gatherings.
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The quote comes from the book: British Impressionism
A good book on the Newlyn School is: Stanhope Forbes and the Newlyn School
Stanhope Forbes: Father of the Newlyn School
Previously: Newlyn School: Painting Outdoors
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