Walter Langley

Walter Langley (8 June 1852 – 21 March 1922) was an English painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists.

With this money he and his family moved to Newlyn where he was one of the first artists to settle and began recording the life of the fishing community.

[2] Politically left wing for his era, he was noted for his social realist portrayals of working class figures, particularly fishermen and their families.

Langley's In Faith and Hope the World Will Disagree was singled out as "a beautiful and true work of art" by Leo Tolstoy in his book What is Art?,[6] while in 1895 Langley was invited by the Uffizi to contribute a self-portrait to hang alongside those of Raphael, Rubens and Rembrandt in their collection of portraits of great artists.

Today his work is considered "vital to the image of the Newlyn School" and "alongside Stanhope Forbes ... the most consistent in style and substantial in output.

Walter Langley in his studio
Walter Langley, Westbourne, Alexandra Rd, Penzance, painter
Langley's entry in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists members' register; in his own hand. Dated 1884 and with an initialled post-1910 postage stamp.
Between The Tides , oil on canvas, 1901
Among The Missing (1884)