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Norman Garstin RA (1847-1926)
Old Woman by a Cottage
Watercolour, 30 x 25cm (11.8 x 9.8”)
Signed
Born in Limerick, Norman Garstin trained in 1880 in Antwerp at the Royal Academy. From
1882 to 1884 he studied in Paris at an academy founded by Carolus-Duran. He then trav-
elled and painted his way through Spain, Morocco and Venice, Italy. In 1888 he became a
member of the New English Art Club (NEAC). Garstin became a member of the Newlyn
Society of Artists (NSA) and was on the Newlyn Art Gallery’s Provisional Committee for its
opening in 1895. His work consisted primarily of small oil panels in the plein air style, some-
thing he had picked up from the French Impressionists. He was also fascinated by Japanese
prints and admired the work of the American painter James McNeill Whistler.
€800 - 1,200