A NEW R.A

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 10

A NEW R.A

■-■•■'. :BLECTipN; ; bP JMK; ;< STA.NH6PE' '-:': : ■ Ti-'v^ % '-':■ ; ;^FpEßES;.■)£'■ i^.^v: iMr.>,Stanhope Forbes has':been'•elected Eoyal Academician-to -fill the vacancy ' caused: by the; resignation: of:Mr; -Nofman■ Shaw, 'l'hreei associates hips ■: were 'also : filled ..by. ! the 1 -; election■,'ot. Mr.' ■'■ Ernest George, architect; Mr.-iv William: Orpen,' painter;• and Mr; , Derwont.Wood,!sculptor: >!.: Jean■'Baptiste , EdouardDetaille-was ejected- an .'honorary, foreign' Academician; l :: ITJie honour.com«s to'Mr.-'Porbes-at the age of-jifty-seveh; and in'-him'- the hiembers;of the have added' to ; tlieir. ; number.oneWho occupies a secure • place ; 'in' , ' British'. , art.\ Mr; '■ '■ i ? orbos ; ' was : born..;in , -Dublin, 'his. : ; father' ..being■ ••'■ the. manager 'of: the- : Midland- Great' Western' Railway'of Ireland.-.'i'Another'member:of thoi family who : ' has; achieved 'distinction :in thei railway'world"is'iMr; ''Stanhope Forbe's's'brother,"-Mr; : .: : WilJiam' I'orbes; general manager.- pf the : London,>BrightonV and South: Coast ,; Railway .■':'' ';' ; ■ -> ■"■■' 'Mr.: Stanhopo; Forbes, after, studying at. Dvlwich College, the Lambeth' School of Art, ■'and';the-. .Eoy'al.;. Academy ..Schools,, was'.for' a long'.wliilo, in. the- studio:: of Boninaf in Paris;ibut he : has,.'altogether ■forsaken-the school ,of:that master, :and' :■ has established ;'ona of. his' own,■;, for.' the . Newlyn .School: of Painters owes its. inception ' to ' his .'residence in that, quaint corner of Cornish coast:land. ''Mr. Forbes has Jived at Newlyn. since' the middle, of. the' 'eighties,, and : there 'most ; of his best , pictures have.'been: painted.' .!;:•;; •'-... 'His first .. picture : painted there" was •■"The''■Pish'; Sale,"'.'exhibited'-at the. Eoyali Academy in > 1885. Some of his.other pic--ttres are: "The Village Philharmonic,".! "The Quarry Team,.- "Forginc_ the Anchor, , ' ''The lighthouse," "The. Health of the Bride,'' "Tho Smithy," and '.'The Salvation Army.".). .;: :'■<■: ,• .-.:■;:; , ( In'.-interpreting ,the .hbme,■ resijuo surroundings, and old and quaint customs of ■the- Cornish ' fishor-fplk,. Mr.■Forbes has no,master..' It.was;at.Newlyn that- he met •■•■ his .'--wife-formerly -.: Miss Elizabt-th - Armstrong, ■ a. .Canadiau, \ ■ herself !a charming-painter, •'. ...-;;-■