Walter langley artist biography

          Walter Langley was an English painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists.

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          Langley, by Hubert Vos. Source: Symons 201.

          Walter Langley, RI (1852–1922), often described as a pioneer of the Newlyn artists in Cornwall, was born in Birmingham in 1852.

          His father was a tailor, and the typically large Victorian family lived in poor circumstances (see Cross 29). The boy attended a mission school there, taking evening classes at Birmingham School of Design from the age of ten, and becoming an apprentice to a commercial lithographer in Birmingham while still attending classes.

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        1. He became one of the first artists to settle in the town, leading many to name him a pioneer of its painting group.
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        3. Walter Langley – – Born in Birmingham, Walter Langley is generally dubbed the pioneer of the Newlyn School, as he was the first of the Newlyn School.
        4. Walter Langley, RI (–), often described as a pioneer of the Newlyn artists in Cornwall, was born in Birmingham in

          5. His life might have gone on like that, only a few steps further up the social ladder than his father's. But, on his own initiative, Langley picked up watercolour painting, and showed three of his watercolours at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists in 1873.

          A scholarship to the National Art Training Schools of South Kensington followed, to study decorative design, and, after another spell as a lithographer, Langley set out on his independent career as an artist.

          Although he was very activ