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Samuel John Lamorna Birch Art

British, 1869-1955

Samuel John Lamorna Birch was the leading figure of the second flowering of the Newlyn School. He was so smitten with the Lamorna Valley and Cove that he took its name as his own, being known as Lamorna Birch. Samuel John Birch was born in Egremont, Cheshire, England. Apart from a brief period of study, at the Académie Colarossi, Paris in 1895, he was largely self-taught as an artist. Birch first visited West Cornwall in the late 1880s and settled in the Lamorna Valley in 1892. He adopted the epithet ‘Lamorna’ in 1895 to distinguish himself from fellow artist Lionel Birch (an idea suggested by Stanhope Forbes). He is regarded as the father figure of the later group of “Newlyn” artists, which included Laura and Harold Knight, Alfred Munnings, Frank Gascoigne Heath and Stanley Gardiner, known as “the Lamorna Group”. Birch was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1924 and was made a full Royal Academician (RA) eight years later. In his long and distinguished career, he exhibited over 200 works at the Royal Academy, as well as exhibiting throughout the country and abroad.

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River Lune nr Lancaster - British 19thC Impressionist art landscape oil painting
River Lune nr Lancaster - British 19thC Impressionist art landscape oil painting

River Lune nr Lancaster - British 19thC Impressionist art landscape oil painting

By Samuel John Lamorna Birch

Located in Hagley, England

A delightful oil painting on canvas by Newlyn listed artist Samuel Lamorna Birch. Painted circa 1895 it depicts The River Lune and a fisherman near Lancaster and it is a stunning example of early British Impressionism. One of the best early works by this artist, the colours are just beautiful, very vibrant and in gallery condition. Signed lower right. Provenance. Midlands collection. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 20 inches unframed and in excellent condition. Housed in a fine period gallery frame which enhances the colours in the picture, 37 by 27 inches framed. In excellent condition. Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869-1955) the leading figure of the second flowering of the Newlyn School, Samuel John Birch was so smitten with the Lamorna valley...

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Late 19th Century Impressionist Samuel John Lamorna Birch Art

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Oil

The Shady Pool
The Shady Pool

The Shady Pool

By Samuel John Lamorna Birch

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 22 x 33 inches Framed size: 30 x 38 inches Signed and dated 1955 lower left Provenance: Private collection, London

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20th Century Impressionist Samuel John Lamorna Birch Art

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The Isla at Meikleour, Perthshire (A Promise of Rain), 1950 - Lamorna Birch
The Isla at Meikleour, Perthshire (A Promise of Rain), 1950 - Lamorna Birch

The Isla at Meikleour, Perthshire (A Promise of Rain), 1950 - Lamorna Birch

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Located in Kingsclere, GB

Birch was a landscape painter in oils and watercolour, born in 1869 in Egremont, Cheshire. He began working as an office-boy, before doing industrial design work for Lancashire cotto...

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Mid-20th Century Samuel John Lamorna Birch Art

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Canvas, Oil

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