Blackberry Gathering

Elizabeth Adela Forbes was a leading member of the group of artists who worked at Newlyn in Cornwall at the end of the 19th century. They were known as the ‘Newlyn School’. The group painted local outdoor subjects full of light and atmosphere using characteristic free brushwork. The male artists in Newlyn painted the working life of the fishing village whereas Elizabeth Forbes depicted the women and children either at home or engaged in more leisurely outdoor pursuits, as in this painting.