TW427120 Round the Camp Fire, 1903 (oil on canvas) by Forbes, Stanhope Alexander (1857-1947) ; 76.2 x 92.2 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; (add.info.: Like most of Alexander Stanhope Forbes\'s paintings, this picture focuses on working people. The composition also shows Forbes\'s interest in studying light in an open-air setting. By choosing a night-time camp-fire scene, he was able to produce a striking image, with rich colours. Forbes was an important member of the group of painters known as the Newlyn School of artists, in Cornwall. His interest in painting working people was influenced by earlier French Ruralist artists;); 穢 Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright.