Ernie Eugene Barnes Jr ART FOR SALE

1938 Durham, North Carolina - 2009 Los Angeles, California. Known for: African-American figure, genre and sports painting.

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Painter Ernie Barnes was born July 15, 1938 in Durham, North Carolina during the height of the Jim Crow Era. He lived in a section of the city called “The Bottom” with his parents and younger brother, James. His father, Ernest Barnes, Sr. was a shipping clerk for Liggett & Myers tobacco company. His mother, Fannie Geer, supervised the household for a prominent attorney who shared his extensive art book collection with the young “June” Barnes. By the time he began elementary school, Barnes was familiar with the Master artists. Bullied as a child for being shy and sensitive, Barnes found solace in drawing. In his freshman year, a weightlifting coach put Barnes on a fitness program which taught him effort and discipline. By his senior year at... Read full biography

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A Portfolio of Football Art by Ernie Barnes - Image 1 of 4

A Portfolio of Football Art by Ernie Barnes - Image 2 of 4

A Portfolio of Football Art by Ernie Barnes

Type:Print

Year:1965

Medium:Lithograph

Signed:Signed

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1965 set of 5 lithographs 15-1/2 x 10 inches (image- for each) 17-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches (sheet- for each) signed (all 5) Pricing available upon request.

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