
In Tate Britain
- Artist
- Norman Garstin 1847–1926
- Medium
- Oil paint on wood
- Dimensions
- Support: 200 × 260 mm
frame: 357 × 300 × 35 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1980
- Reference
- T03164
Display caption
Garstin painted this picture outdoors, or en plein air, like many of his works. It includes his wife Louisa Jones, and his daughter Alethea, who became a painter herself. His small, freely painted landscapes catch impressionistic light effects. Originally from Ireland, Garstin trained in Antwerp and Paris and moved to Cornwall by 1886. He was a teacher and writer as well as an artist. He was a member of the New English Art Club and the Newlyn School.
Gallery label, September 2020
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Catalogue entry
T03164 MOUNT'S BAY AND TOLCARNE FROM TREWIDDEN FARM FOOTPATH WITH ALETHEA AND HER MOTHER c.1898
Inscribed ‘NORMAN GARSTIN’ bottom left
Oil on panel, 7 1/2 × 10 3/16 (19.8 × 25.9)
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1980
Prov: Alethea Garstin, the artist's daughter (d.1978), bequeathed by her to the Contemporary Art Society.
Exh: Norman and Alethea Garstin. Two Impressionists - Father and Daughter, Penwith Gallery, St Ives, 20 May–24 June 1978, City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, 1–29 July 1978, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 14 August–9 September 1978, Fine Arts Society, London, 4 December 1978–6 January 1979 (20, repr.in colour); Artists of the Newlyn School (1880–1900), Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, 5 May–9 June 1979, City Art Gallery, Plymouth, 16 June–21 July 1979, City Museum and Art Gallery Bristol, 28 July–15 September 1979 (103, repr.).
Dated to c.1898 by Michael Canney in the catalogue Norman and Alethea Garstin. Two Impressionists - Father and Daughter.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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