The Young Friends, 1917
61 cms x 50.8 cms (24 ins x 20 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "International Art Online Auction" held on Thu, Dec 7, 2017.
Lot 36
Lot 36
Estimate: CAD $20,000 - $30,000
Realised: CAD $14,400
Realised: CAD $14,400
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Garfield Galleries, Toronto;
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
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.
Garfield Galleries, Toronto;
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
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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