Edwin Harris: A Quiet Moment

Edwin Harris (1855-1906) studied at the Birmingham School of Art where he worked under Charles Morgan. Fellow students included Walter Langley, William John Wainwright and William Breakspeare. Harris was appointed as assistant master and after two years set up his own studio, painting pictures and giving lessons.

In 1880 he progressed to Verlat’s Academy in Antwerp with Wainwright. His Birmingham training stood him in good stead and he and Wainwright were selected to join the group of twelve elite students who were given a separate studio to work life size from the nude. He began exhibiting at the RBSA and was an early member of the Art Circle formed to encourage younger artists.

He settled in Newlyn, Cornwall in 1883 and stayed there for twelve years. Harris was recognised as one of the pioneers of the Newlyn School of artists which included his fellow Birmingham painters, Langley, Wainwright and William Banks Fortescue. Joined by Alexander and Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, Thomas Cooper Gotch and Frederick Hall, the colony became the focus for modern painting in Britain.

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