Fitting Out, Mousehole Harbour
| Fitting Out, Mousehole Harbour | |
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| Artist | Stanhope Forbes |
| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 102 cm × 129 cm (40 in × 51 in) |
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Fitting Out, Mousehole Harbour is a 1919 oil painting by the Irish-born artist Stanhope Forbes.[1] It depicts a scene in the Cornish coastal village of Mousehole. Forbes was a prominent member of the Newlyn School of artists who focused on depictions of everyday life.[2]
The painting was the main work he displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1919 held at Burlington House in London.[3] It is now in the collection of Cartwright Hall in Bradford, having been acquired in 1923.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Cullen, Fintan & Barber, Fionna (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Irish Art. Taylor & Francis, 2025.
- Fox, Caroline & Greenacre, Francis. Painting in Newlyn, 1880-1930. Barbican Art Gallery, 1985.
- Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in West Yorkshire. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2007.