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Morning Fills the Bowl

Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869–1955)

Royal Cornwall Museum

Morning Fills the Bowl

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This painting is a particularly good example of Lamorna Birch's love of the landscape around the Lamorna cove and his brilliant rendition of natural lighting effects on the water. Lamorna Birch was the son of a painter and decorator who, apart from 11 months studying in Paris in 1895, was entirely self-taught. He was one of the first 'second generation' of artists to come to Cornwall and he helped to form a Lamorna colony of artists. He initially took up lodgings at Boleigh Farm at the head of the Lamorna valley, not far from Newlyn. He took the nick name 'Lamorna' at the suggestion of Stanhope Forbes, to distinguish himself from another artist called Lionel Birch who painted in Newlyn.

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Title

Morning Fills the Bowl

Date

1926

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 94.5 x W 126 cm

Accession number

TRURI : 1986.71

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the National Art Collections Fund, 1986

Work type

Painting

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Samuel John Lamorna Birch

1869–1955

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