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Herbert Barnett

Herbert Phillip Barnett (1910 - 1972) was active/lived in Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island.  Herbert Barnett is known for Modernist-leaning landscape, portrait-imagery, figure.

The following, submitted June 2003 by Gene Hinckley, is from the Cincinnati Art Club's January 1972 newsletter, the "Dragonfly". 'Focus on the Artist-Herbert Barnett", by Gene Hinckley.

Herbert Barnett is the Dean of the Cincinnati Art Academy, a post which was first held by Frank Duveneck. Herbert Barnett is also an artist who produces dynamic paintings that captivate the viewer's attention in much the same way as the paintings of his illustrious predecessor. In looking at a Barnett painting, there is a certain vibrancy felt between the actual structural lines seen, and the implied structure of interfacial tensions, which seem to result in breathing life into his work.

He recognizes Rembrandt and Cezanne as natural influences, but points out that in the final analysis there is no theory or influence that can create art. Once you work at being an artist, you're on your own.

Herbert Barnett was born July 8, 1910 in Providence, R.I. He started painting at the age of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7266 characters.]  Artist bio

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