Stanhope Alexander Forbes, R.A.

Christie's, London, 6 June 2003, lot 10;
Private collection

London, Royal Academy, 1927, no. 311

STRUCTURE This picture is unlined and in excellent original condition with no signs of craquelure. The paint surface is clean and the picture is ready to hang. UNDER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT There are no obvious signs of retouching. FRAME The picture is contained in a moulded plaster frame.
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‘Forbes was the artist par excellence of Newlyn. Though his contemporaries produced some superb individual works, to Forbes alone fell the major task of providing a wealth of good and varied paintings of every aspect of life in and around Newlyn.’ Caroline Fox, Stanhope Forbes and the Newlyn School, 1993, p.93

Relebbus is a hamlet in west Cornwall, on the banks of the river Hayle where Forbes painted many of his later works, including Hayle Pool of 1930 and The Water Rat of 1932. The view is of Tregembo Hill where the road crosses a stone bridge over the Hayle. The composition anticipates Bridge at Gweek of 1932 (private collection) and Village Rendezvous of 1938 (Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery)

Sotheby's are pleased to be sponsoring the exhibition Stanhope Forbes: Father of the Newlyn School which will be held at Penlee House in Penzance between 10 June and 9 September 2017.