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Will Barnet

Will R. Barnet (1911 - 2012) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts.  Will Barnet is known for Printmaking, stylized portraits, female figures.

Following is the obituary of the artist from The New York Times

Will Barnet, Visionary Artist, Dies at 101
By KEN JOHNSON
Published: November 13, 2012
  
Will Barnet, a printmaker and painter known for elegantly stylized portraits and classically composed visions of beautiful women and children, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 101.

His death was announced by Philippe Alexandre, whose gallery represented him. He had lived in the National Arts Club building on Gramercy Park since 1982.

In the prints and paintings that he produced from the mid-1960s on, Mr. Barnet ranged between a simplified form of realism and a poetic, visionary symbolism. A skilled draftsman, he created exactingly linear, subtly colored portraits of family members and friends. In the enigmatic pictures he began making in the 1970s, he conjured images of women in dark woods or on the porches of seaside houses who appear to be waiting for loved ones like   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 23511 characters.]  Artist bio

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