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after exhibiting these two pictures, was almost immediately 

 elected an Associate Member of the Eoyal Academy, and since 

 that time has gone on from success to success. In the present 

 year he again shews, among others, two remarkable pictures 

 "Betrayed by the Moon," and "Escape of the Destroyer," 

 each of which shews mighty battleships surging through the 

 dark water in a manner that commands the admiration of all 

 acquainted with the sea. But I must not be tempted to say more 

 about this great artist who confers distinction on our county, 

 except to record that Charles Napier Hemy, A.E.A., was born 

 at Newcastle in 1841, commenced serious artistic work about 

 1863 and in 1866 went to Antwerp to study under Baron Leys; 

 he left Antwerp in 1870 for London where he lived till 1881, 

 when he travelled abroad and finally settled in Falmouth in 

 1883. He was made A.E.A. in 1898. 



I must now refer to the artists who established themselves 

 about 20 years ago at the small village of Newlyn, near Penzance, 

 and are now known as the Newlyn School, with whom I shall also 

 mention the other and much smaller band of artists who 

 established themselves not far off on the northern coast and are 

 known as the St. Ives School. At its commencement, I think no 

 one can dispute that the Newlyn School was in its origin a revolt 

 from the British School to the French School and its " creed" is 

 said to have been " strict adherence to realism in choice and 

 treatment of subject," "the subordination of colour to tone- 

 gradation." "the exclusive use of flat brushes," "the laying on 

 of pigjnents in square touches," and certain other similar 

 special maxims. Of course, time and experience have very miich 

 modified these hard-and-fast rules, but the Newlyn painter 

 to-day works from a live fishermen as he actually exists and not 

 from a dressed up model or the doll called a "lay figure." 

 Edwin Harris, it is supposed, " discovered " Newlyn ; he was 

 joined by Walter Langley, who still lives near Newlyn. Then 

 came Ralph Todd, L. Suthers, Fred Hall, Frank Bramley (now 

 A.E.A.), and J. 0. Gotch, to be followed by Percy Craft, 

 together with Stanhope Forbes (now A.E.A. ), and the acknow- 

 ledged leader of the School. H. Detmold and Chevallier Taylor 

 next, then Miss Elizabeth Armstrong (now Mrs. Stanhope 

 Forbes), F. Bourdillon, W. Fortescue and Norman Garstin, then. 



