Stanhope Alexander Forbes

British (1857 - 1947)
Stanhope Alexander Forbes was a British painter.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857-1947) was C$14,400 - paid for "The Young Friends, 1917" at Waddington's in Toronto on Thu, Dec 7, 2017.
ArtValue.ca has 2 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$10,000 to C$25,000.

Stanhope A. Forbes and his wife Elizabeth Forbes (Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes), represented in this auction, founded the Newlyn School of Painting in 1899. Stanhope Forbes arrived in Newlyn in 1884. Having been to France in 1881, he came into contact with the new plein air painters that greatly influenced his style. By 1885, with the exhibition of his A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach at the Royal Academy, Forbes had established a national reputation. He is known today as the father of the Newlyn School and the most famous painter of Cornish life. The artist was seen painting with his easel in the streets of Cornwall on many occasions.

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