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Stanhope Forbes
Irish painter
Stanhope Alexander ForbesRA (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was an Irish artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters.
He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.[1]
Personal life
Forbes was born in Dublin, the son of Juliette de Guise Forbes, a French woman, and William Forbes, an English railway manager, who was later transferred to London.
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He had an older brother, Sir William Forbes, who was a railway manager for the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.[2][3][4]
He was married in the summer of 1889 to fellow painter Elizabeth Armstrong at Newlyn's St Peter's Church.
Their first home was at the "Cliffs Castle" cottage, which overlooked the sea.[5] They had a son named Alexander (usually known as Alec), born 26 May 1893. The couple had a home built for the family in Higher Faughan, Penzance.
Elizabeth died in 1912.[2]