Portrait Of A Cornish Girl (Newlyn School) By F W Baker (1862-1936)
£1,950.00
Description
BIOGRAPHY
Frederick Wood Baker (1862-1936) was a British painter known for his coastal scenes and landscapes, particularly of the English south coast, and exhibited at venues like the Newlyn Art Gallery and the Institute of Painters in Oil Colors. Baker was born in London in 1862 and was the eldest of four sons of Frederick J and Mary Baker of St Pancras, London. Some of his best known subjects include Dorset, Land’s End, Cornwall, Sennen and Kynance.
BACKGROUND
This portrait is a fine example of the Newlyn Schools response to French Realism. Influenced by the most important artist of the day the French painter Courbet.
F W Baker is a highly skilled and sensitive painter and this beautiful depiction of an everyday Cornish girl painted in a realistic and accomplished manner is a fine example. The French painter Gustave Courbet was the leading figure of the Realist movement, known for rejecting the established conventions of academic painting and focusing on depicting everyday life and the working class with a powerful, realistic style.
