Artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was an member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'. He was born the son of Juliette de Guise Forbes, a French woman, and William Forbes, an English Railway manager, who was later transferred to London. He had an older brother named William, who, like his father, was a railway manager; He worked for London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. He was married in the summer of 1889 to fellow painter Elizabeth Armstrong at Newlyn's St Peters Church. Their first home was at the "Cliffs Castle" cottage, which overlooked the sea. They had a son named Alexander, nicknamed Alec. The couple had a home built for the family in Higher Faughan, Penzance. Elizabeth died in 1912. In 1915, he remarried friend and previous student Maudie Palmer, who had been "assistant, helper and friend to the whole Forbes family." During World War I Alex served under the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and died on the battlefield in August, 1916. Schooled at Dulwich College, he studied art under John Sparkes who later taught at South Kensington School of Art. His father then worked for the Luxembourg Railway and after a period of poor health Forbes was removed from Dulwich College and studied under private teachers in Brussells. This also afforded additional time to draw. He then studied at the private atelier of Léon Bonnat in Clichy, Paris from 1880 to 1882. Henry Herbert La Thangue who also attended Dulwich College, Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy came to Paris, too, and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. True to his degree of satisfaction, the Fair Measures painting was well-received and the Market painting was found to be too blue and shadowless. In 1892 Forbes became an Associate of the Royal Academy. He was the founding chairman and trustee of the Newlyn Art Gallery beginning in 1895.
Artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was an member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'. He was born the son of Juliette de Guise Forbes, a French woman, and William Forbes, an English Railway manager, who was later transferred to London. He had an older brother named William, who, like his father, was a railway manager; He worked for London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. He was married in the summer of 1889 to fellow painter Elizabeth Armstrong at Newlyn's St Peters Church. Their first home was at the "Cliffs Castle" cottage, which overlooked the sea. They had a son named Alexander, nicknamed Alec. The couple had a home built for the family in Higher Faughan, Penzance. Elizabeth died in 1912. In 1915, he remarried friend and previous student Maudie Palmer, who had been "assistant, helper and friend to the whole Forbes family." During World War I Alex served under the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and died on the battlefield in August, 1916. Schooled at Dulwich College, he studied art under John Sparkes who later taught at South Kensington School of Art. His father then worked for the Luxembourg Railway and after a period of poor health Forbes was removed from Dulwich College and studied under private teachers in Brussells. This also afforded additional time to draw. He then studied at the private atelier of Léon Bonnat in Clichy, Paris from 1880 to 1882. Henry Herbert La Thangue who also attended Dulwich College, Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy came to Paris, too, and studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. True to his degree of satisfaction, the Fair Measures painting was well-received and the Market painting was found to be too blue and shadowless. In 1892 Forbes became an Associate of the Royal Academy. He was the founding chairman and trustee of the Newlyn Art Gallery beginning in 1895.
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