The Newlyn School Artists

Course Introduction

This 8 week course looks at the development of the early Newlyn School artists from their origins and education in the academies and ateliers abroad, their different approaches to painting including: Social Realist portraits, plein air landscapes and seascapes and fantasy costume dramas.There is also a focus on women artists who pioneered the way for others to follow in their footsteps.The fame the Newlyn artists achieved at home and abroad in the 1880s and ’90s and the significance of the founding of Newlyn Art Gallery is also included. 

Artists covered in this course include:

  • Frank Bramley
  • Frank Bourdillon
  • Stanhope and Elizabeth Forbes
  • Winifred Freeman
  • Norman Garstin
  • Thomas and Caroline Gotch
  • Fred Hall
  • Henry Scott Tuke
  • William Wainwright
  • and many more

A list of artists included in each lecture and a Further Reading list will be sent via email with the links to each lecture for you to watch on YouTube once you have paid.

Payment Details

Cost: £80 for all 8x 1 hour lectures. Pay with PayPal.

Or buy the individual lectures below for £12 each.

If you prefer to pay by cheque or BACS please email Catherine

Course Contents

Newlyn Artists Art History Course
Lecture 1: From Brittany to Newlyn – The origins and education of the Newlyn School artists.

£12

Newlyn Artists Art History Course
2: From Birmingham to Newlyn – Social Realism and rural poverty depicted by Newlyn School artists

£12

Falmouth Masters of Art
3: Falmouth Maritime Masters – Hemy, Tuke and Ingram

£12

Newlyn Artists Art History Course
4: Fame for the Newlyn School in the 1880s and 90s

£12

Women Artists in Cornwall
5: Women Artists in Cornwall – The Pioneers 1880s – 1930

£12

Literary-inspired paintings by Newlyn artists
6: Plays, Poems and Fairytales – Literary-inspired paintings by Newlyn artists

£12

Rural village life as depicted in Newlyn School paintings
7: When the Cows Come Home – Rural village life as depicted in Newlyn School paintings

£12

first exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery 1895
8: Artists from the first exhibition at Newlyn Art Gallery 1895

£12

Image credits: Lecture 1. Group of Artists in Newlyn c. 1884 (photo), Lecture 2. Walter Langley, Lecture 3. C.N.Hemy, Lecture 4. Frank Bramley, Lecture 5. H.H.Robinson, Lecture 6. Elizabeth Forbes, Lecture 7. Fred Hall, Lecture 8. Interior of Newlyn Art Gallery c. 1900 (photo)