Editing Newlyn School (section)

==History==
Some of the first British artists to settle in the area had already travelled in [[Brittany]], but found in Newlyn a comparable English environment with a number of things guaranteed to attract them: fantastic light, cheap living, and the availability of inexpensive models. The artists were fascinated by the fishermen's working life at sea and the everyday life in the harbour and nearby villages. Some paintings showed the hazards and tragedy of the community's life, such as women anxiously looking out to sea as the boats go out, or a young woman crying on hearing news of a disaster. [[Walter Langley]] is generally recognised as the pioneer of the Newlyn art colony and [[Stanhope Forbes]], who settled there in 1884, as the father of it. The local newspaper ([[The Cornishman (newspaper)|The Cornishman]]) was positive about the artists, reporting that the area had much to thank them for ″... circulating money, ...″, and ″... are ever ready to assist in anything which pertains to the welfare of the town.″<ref>{{cite news |title=Newlyn |work=The Cornishman |issue=489 |date=24 November 1887 |page=4}}</ref>

The later Forbes School of Painting, founded by Forbes and his wife [[Elizabeth Forbes (artist)|Elizabeth]] in 1899, promoted the study of figure painting. A present-day [[Newlyn School of Art]] was formed in 2011 with [[Arts Council England|Arts Council]] funding providing art courses taught by many of the best-known artists working in Cornwall today.

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, [[Lamorna]], a nearby fishing village to the south, became popular with artists of the Newlyn School and is particularly associated with the artist [[Lamorna Birch|S J "Lamorna" Birch]] who lived there from 1908.