Alethea Garstin was born in 1894 in Penzance, Cornwall. She is the daughter of Norman Garstin, the Newlyn School artist. She learnt to paint at a young age and exhibited her first painting, 'The... Read full biography
Alethea Garstin was born in 1894 in Penzance, Cornwall. She is the daughter of Norman Garstin, the Newlyn School artist. She learnt to paint at a young age and exhibited her first painting, 'The Chairmakers', at the Royal Academy in 1912. She exhibited regularly. Her most notable exhibition being... Read full biography
Alethea Garstin was born in 1894 in Penzance, Cornwall. She is the daughter of Norman Garstin, the Newlyn School artist. She learnt to paint at a young age and exhibited her first painting, 'The Chairmakers', at the Royal Academy in 1912. She exhibited regularly. Her most notable exhibition being the solo exhibition at the Adams Gallery in 1945, where she showed sixty works. She was influenced by the fauvist painters. She preferred working on a small scale and painting en plein air directly... Read full biography
Alethea Garstin was born in 1894 in Penzance, Cornwall. She is the daughter of Norman Garstin, the Newlyn School artist. She learnt to paint at a young age and exhibited her first painting, 'The Chairmakers', at the Royal Academy in 1912. She exhibited regularly. Her most notable exhibition being the solo exhibition at the Adams Gallery in 1945, where she showed sixty works. She was influenced by the fauvist painters. She preferred working on a small scale and painting en plein air directly onto board. In 1978, Patrick Heron referred to Alethea as 'England's leading Impressionist painter' and 'as good as Vuillard'. Alethea Garstin passed away in 1978.... Read full biography
Alethea Garstin was born in 1894 in Penzance, Cornwall. She is the daughter of Norman Garstin, the Newlyn School artist. She learnt to paint at a young age and exhibited her first painting, 'The Chairmakers', at the Royal Academy in 1912. She exhibited regularly. Her most notable exhibition being the solo exhibition at the Adams Gallery in 1945, where she showed sixty works. She was influenced by the fauvist painters. She preferred working on a small scale and painting en plein air directly onto board. In 1978, Patrick Heron referred to Alethea as 'England's leading Impressionist painter' and 'as good as Vuillard'. Alethea Garstin passed away in 1978.... Read full biography
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