"The Convent" by Stanhope A. Forbes

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The Convent

Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947)

1882

Oil on canvas

86.5 x 76cm. (34 x 30 in.)

Birch, facing p. 22

This early work was painted on one of Forbes's summers in Brittany, where he joined his friend Henry La Thangue — on this occasion, he was in Quimperlé. [Commentary continues below].

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"The white walls of the little convent building reflected in the smooth river flowing by its gates, made a bright and cheerful note of colour; and this picture, together with other work of Stanhope Forbes, exhibited in two successive Academy Exhibitions, found a certain meed of favour in the eyes of the critics of those days. The curiously high-pitched key in which these works were painted, and the frank look they bore of their open-air origin, made this series of Breton works noticeable in English exhibitions" (Birch 23).

Bibliography

Birch, Mrs Lionel. Stanhope A. Forbes, ARA, and Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, ARWS. London: Cassell, 1906. Internet Archive. Contributed by the Kahl/Austin Foundation. Web. 27 February 2021.

The Convent. John Singer Sargent Virtual Gallery: Other Artists. Web. 27 February 2021.

Created 28 February 2021