Samuel John Lamorna Birch (1869-1955)

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River Scene.
Signed and inscribed From S.J Lamorna Birch to Mr ? 1918.
Pencil and watercolour heightend with white.
Framed and glazed.
Provenance Formerly in the collection of the late E W Phipps.

Samuel J Lamorna Birch was born in Egremont in Cheshire. He first developed an interest in drawing during a stay with a river-keeper, where he was introduced to fly fishing. Subsequent factory jobs allowed him to paint in his spare time and save the money needed to become an independent artist. Within no time he had established a reputation as a promising young artist and he was successful in selling his work to wealthy industrialists.

In 1889 Birch set off for the Newlyn School in Cornwall and was an entirely self-taught artist until 1895, when he travelled to Paris to study in the Atelier Colarossi. He settled in Lamorna, Cornwall in 1902.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1892 and held his first one man exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1906. The nickname "Lamorna" was given to him by the Newlyn School artist Stanhope Forbes, to distinguish him from Lionel Birch, another artist working in the area at that time.
PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 10¼ x 13 ¾ in. (26 x 35 cm.) Frame size 19 x 22¼ in. (48 x 56.5 cm.) Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Watercolours Date 1918 Late Victorian Antiques Material Paper Origin British Artist Samuel John Lamorna Birch Condition This watercolour has been cleaned and preserved by a professional paper conservator Item code as176a164 Status Sold

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