Saint Vincent Art & Heritage Collections; Gift of Michael and Aimee Rusinko Kakos
Made/Created
Artist
Forbes, Stanhope Alexander
Date made
1931
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Signature
Transcription
signed and dated 1931
Dimensions
Height
20 in
Width
25 in
Accessories
Accessory
Frame
Provenance
Provenance Detail
Provenance: Richard Green, London Estate of William D. Campbell Sotheby’s, London, June 19, 1996
Exhibition
Impressionist Legacies, St. Vincent College
General Notes
Note Type
Artist’s Intent Note
Note
Forbes created this picturesque painting twenty miles from Newlyn in a town whose name derives from the Cornish word gwig, meaning “forest village.” In the foreground, a young girl sits atop a rock on one side of a boating ramp. Opposite her, a boating couple float downstream while cattle graze nearby and in the distant farmland. The river reflects the scene, giving the work a contemplative quality. Throughout his life, the artist maintained an appreciation for the working-class communities formed by the sea and countryside in the face of a changing world.
