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Elizabeth Adela Forbes (née Armstrong; 29 December 1859 – 16 March 1912) was a Canadian painter who was primarily active in the UK. She often featured children in her paintings and ''School Is Out'' (painted in Newlyn) is one of her most popular works. She was friends with the artists James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Walter Sickert, both of whom influenced her work. Her etchings in particular are said to show the influence of Whistler. After studying and working in continental Europe, Forbes settled in Newlyn, England where she raised her son and established a school with her husband, Stanhope Forbes. She had her works exhibited in notable shows and won medals for her works. Her paintings are in collections of museums in Canada, United States and England. ==Personal life== Born in Kingston, Ontario, Elizabeth Armstrong was the youngest child of William Armstrong, an employee of the Government of Canada. Born in her father's old age, she was educated privately in Canada and then allowed to further her artistic studies in England with her mother as chaperone.〔〔(''Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes''. ) National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 5 May 2014.〕 Her father died two months later, after which she and her mother lived with an uncle in Chelsea, London. They lived next door to Dante Gabriel Rossetti,〔Caroline Fox; Francis Greenacre; Newlyn Orion Galleries. ''Artists of the Newlyn School, 1880-1900''. Newlyn Orion Galleries; 1979. p. 167.〕 but she never met him.〔 In 1889 she married Newlyn School painter Stanhope Forbes. Their son, Alec, was born in 1893.〔〔Mrs. Lionel Birch. ''(Stanhope A. Forbes, A. R. A., and Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, A. R. W. S. )''. Cassell, limited; 1906. pp. 2-4.〕 In 1904 she and her husband settled at Higher Faugan, a house which they designed and had built for themselves.〔Mrs. Lionel Birch. ''(Stanhope A. Forbes, A. R. A., and Elizabeth Stanhope Forbes, A. R. W. S. )''. Cassell and Company, Limited; 1906. p. 49–53.〕 File:Elizabeth-Forbes-in-studio.jpg|Elizabeth Forbes in her Studio, about 1890 File:Stanhope Alexander Forbes by Elizabeth Adèla Forbes (née Armstrong).jpg|Elizabeth Adèla Forbes, ''Stanhope Alexander Forbes'', before 1912 File:Elizabeth Forbes The Half Holiday.jpg|Elizabeth Forbes, ''The Half Holiday, Alec home from school'' In 1909 she pursued cures and restorative periods for cancer in France and London,〔 but died in 1912. In an obituary she was dubbed "the Queen of Newlyn" for her contributions to the art colony. Her husband remarried following her death.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elizabeth Forbes (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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