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John Noble Barlow (1861 - 1917) was active/lived in Rhode Island / United Kingdom, England.  John Barlow is known for Atmospheric, lyrical landscape and marine painting, illustration.

John Noble Barlow
 
An Obituary written by Florence Nightingale Levy printed in the 1916-1917, Volume 14, page 319 of the American Arts Directory produced by the American Federation of the Arts, reads as follows,” Barlow, John Noble – A painter, died at St. Ives, Cornwall, England. March 24, 1917. He was born in Manchester, England in 1861 and became a citizen of the United States in 1887.

He was a pupil of Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, Paul Delance, and Benjamin-Jean-Joseph Constant in Paris. He was an Honorary Member of the Providence Art Club and is represented by three landscapes in the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Brown University’s Gardner House, and the Providence Art Association. He received a medal at the Paris Salon in 1889, and a Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition of 1910.”

Aside from his study at the Academy Julian in Paris, Barlow is recorded as also studying in national academies in Belgium, the Netherlands, and in New Yor   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4965 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about John Noble Barlow

   John Noble Barlow  Born:  1861 - Manchester, England
Died:   1917 - St. Ives, Cornwall, England
Known for:  Atmospheric, lyrical landscape and marine painting, illustration
Name variants:  John Noble

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John Noble Barlow
 
An Obituary written by Florence Nightingale Levy printed in the 1916-1917, Volume 14, page 319 of the American Arts Directory produced by the American Federation of the Arts, reads as follows,” Barlow, John Noble – A painter, died at St. Ives, Cornwall, England. March 24, 1917. He was born in Manchester, England in 1861 and became a citizen of the United States in 1887.

He was a pupil of Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, Paul Delance, and Benjamin-Jean-Joseph Constant in Paris. He was an Honorary Member of the Providence Art Club and is represented by three landscapes in the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Brown University’s Gardner House, and the Providence Art Association. He received a medal at the Paris Salon in 1889, and a Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition of 1910.”

Aside from his study at the Academy Julian in Paris, Barlow is recorded as also studying in national academies in Belgium, the Netherlands, and in New York City. In 1887 Barlow relocated from England to the United States where he became a citizen in 1887. He resided in Providence, Rhode Island, and exhibited his atmospheric and lyrical landscapes of the United States and Cornwall, England at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Institute of Chicago.

A scant few of his American paintings, usually identifiable by title and location, are extant. As of 2019, only three works are currently recorded in private collections including a Rhode Island unnamed landscape, Barlow’s large and impressive, America-Evening and a small landscape, North of Providence, Rhode Island on whose stretcher is faintly written, “at Butterfly Pond of the Moshassuck River.” In 1889 Barlow returned to England where he married Marie Elizabeth Johnson, an expatriate American citizen.

In 1892, the couple moved to the Lamorna Valley and the scenic areas near St. Ives, Cornwall, which became late career inspirations to the painter. Soon after his move to St. Ives, Barlow became a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and the Royal Society of British Artists. Barlow, a prolific painter of popular landscapes and sea views, is now considered a major force in the group known as the St. Ives Society of Artists, handsomely argued in Creating a Splash: The St. Ives Society of Artists by David Tovey, 2004.

Barlow is also listed in twelve standard resources on painting in England and America as well as the 2007 Unveiled : A Directory and Guide to Artists active in Rhode Island, and Where to Find Their Work in Publicly Accessible Rhode Island Collections by Elinor L. Nacheman, 164 pages. Unveiled... records where to see much of Barlow’s output in American collections open to the public today, some by appointment only. Barlow died prematurely at the height of his career in the city of Penzance, Cornwall, in 1917, at the age of fifty-six years.

Written and submitted by Gary R. Libby, author, curator, 2019
 


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John Barlow Noble is at the following Rhode Island Collections:
Brown University--Gardner House:
(Note: Access restricted, appointment required)
1. Oil painting [untitled]--rocky shore and sea (acc.# HP 01015)
2. Oil painting on board [untitled]--seascape (acc.# HP 00940)

Providence Art Club:
(Note: Access restricted, appointment required)
1. Oil painting, "Moonlight at St. Ives"
2. Oil painting, "The Ferry, Mt. Edgecomb, Plymouth"

RISD:
(Note: Access restricted, appointment required)
1. Oil painting on canvas, "The Harvest, La Moisson, Normandy" (1889) (acc.# 39.092)
2. Oil painting on canvas, "A Hayfield, Hampshire" (ca. 1902) (acc.# 13.903)
3.  Painting, "Hayle from Lelant Sands" (19th c.) (acc.# D13.904)
4. Painting, "Moonlight" (19th c.) (acc.# D13.833)
5. Oil painting on canvas, "Off St. Ives" (late 19th-early 20th c.) (acc.# 13.2309)
6. Watercolor drawing, "Off St. Ives" (mid 19th-early 20th c.) (acc.# 13.906)
7. Painting, "The Quay at Night, St. Ives" (19th c.) (acc.# D13.907)
8. Painting on canvas, "Showery Weather Near St. Ives" (late 19th-early 20th c.) (acc.# 13.905)

Source:
Unveiled: a directory and guide to 19th century born artists active in Rhode Island, and where to find their work in publicly accessible Rhode Island collections

by Elinor L. Nacheman


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Born in Manchester, England, John Noble Barlow became a United States citizen in 1887. He enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris, and studied for two years under Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Paul Delance and Benjamin Jean - Joseph Constant.

Barlow was a member of the Providence Art Club, and exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago. He received medals at both the 1899 Paris Salon and the 1900 Paris Exposition. Barlow eventually returned to England and settled in Cornwall until his death in 1917.


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