Norman Garstin
Norman Garstin (August 28, 1847 - June 22, 1926) was an Irish
artist associated with the Newlyn School of painters.
He was born in Cahirconlish, Co. Limerick, Ireland, and was involved
in various professions such as journalism and gold-mining in South
Africa. In 1885 he befriended members of the Newlyn School and settled
there a year later, moving to nearby Penzance in 1890.
His work consisted primarily of small oil panels in the plein air
style, something he had picked up from the French Impressionists
such as Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas. He was also fascinated by
Japanese calligraphy and admired the work of the American painter
James McNeill Whistler.is most famous painting was The Rain it Raineth
Every Day (1889; Penzance, Penlee House Mus. & A.G.). His daughter,
Alethea Garstin, was also a painter.
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