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1869 Egremont, Cheshire, England - 1955 Penzance, Cornwall, England. Known for: Coastal view, landscape, seascape, marine painting.
Samuel John 'Lamorna' BIRCH (Egremont, 1869 - Lamorna, 1955) . ??Born in Cheshire, Samuel Birch was early in his life introduced to the pleasures of fly-fishing, which he soon combined with a talent... Read full biography
Samuel John 'Lamorna' BIRCH (Egremont, 1869 - Lamorna, 1955) . ??Born in Cheshire, Samuel Birch was early in his life introduced to the pleasures of fly-fishing, which he soon combined with a talent for drawing by making landscape sketches. While working as an industrial designer he continued to... Read full biography
Samuel John 'Lamorna' BIRCH (Egremont, 1869 - Lamorna, 1955) . ??Born in Cheshire, Samuel Birch was early in his life introduced to the pleasures of fly-fishing, which he soon combined with a talent for drawing by making landscape sketches. While working as an industrial designer he continued to draw and paint, soon developing a modest local reputation as a landscapist. In 1889 he visited the Cornish town of Newlyn, attracted by the work of the artists who had settled there, such as Stanhope... Read full biography
Samuel John 'Lamorna' BIRCH (Egremont, 1869 - Lamorna, 1955) . ??Born in Cheshire, Samuel Birch was early in his life introduced to the pleasures of fly-fishing, which he soon combined with a talent for drawing by making landscape sketches. While working as an industrial designer he continued to draw and paint, soon developing a modest local reputation as a landscapist. In 1889 he visited the Cornish town of Newlyn, attracted by the work of the artists who had settled there, such as Stanhope Forbes and Frank Bramley. Apart from a brief period of study at the Atelier Colarossi* in Paris in 1895, Birch was largely self-taught as an artist. On his return from Paris he settled in Cornwall, and in 1902 moved to a studio near the coastal village... Read full biography
Samuel John 'Lamorna' BIRCH (Egremont, 1869 - Lamorna, 1955) . ??Born in Cheshire, Samuel Birch was early in his life introduced to the pleasures of fly-fishing, which he soon combined with a talent for drawing by making landscape sketches. While working as an industrial designer he continued to draw and paint, soon developing a modest local reputation as a landscapist. In 1889 he visited the Cornish town of Newlyn, attracted by the work of the artists who had settled there, such as Stanhope Forbes and Frank Bramley. Apart from a brief period of study at the Atelier Colarossi* in Paris in 1895, Birch was largely self-taught as an artist. On his return from Paris he settled in Cornwall, and in 1902 moved to a studio near the coastal village of Lamorna, where he was to live and work for the rest of his career. The river valley and cove of Lamorna, not far from... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Industrial Design
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Seascapes, Seasides
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cornwall, England
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Royal Academy of Arts, London, Elected Member
Art School
- •Academy Colarossi, Paris, Student
Added Description
- •Pseudonym ("Nome de Plume") Used
Artist Colony
- •Newlyn School, Art Colony in Coast of Cornwall, England
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colours, London
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England