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John Pierce Barnes BIOGRAPHY
1893 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1954. Known for: Landscape, still life and portrait painting.
Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio Corporation of America Victor Design Division. As a painter, his style was primarily impressionist,... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio Corporation of America Victor Design Division. As a painter, his style was primarily impressionist, although he experimented with many styles. He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design and the Pennsylvania Academy with Daniel Garber, and also studied in Europe for two years on a... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio Corporation of America Victor Design Division. As a painter, his style was primarily impressionist, although he experimented with many styles. He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design and the Pennsylvania Academy with Daniel Garber, and also studied in Europe for two years on a Cresson Traveling Scholarship and a Tappan Prize award, both from the Pennsylvania Academy. In the 1920s, he got sleeping sickness, a condition that affected him throughout his life. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art". Unidentified... Read full biography
Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio Corporation of America Victor Design Division. As a painter, his style was primarily impressionist, although he experimented with many styles. He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design and the Pennsylvania Academy with Daniel Garber, and also studied in Europe for two years on a Cresson Traveling Scholarship and a Tappan Prize award, both from the Pennsylvania Academy. In the 1920s, he got sleeping sickness, a condition that affected him throughout his life. Source:. Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art". Unidentified article, "Students of Daniel Garber, (1880-1950)
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Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio Corporation of America Victor Design Division.
As a painter, his style was primarily impressionist, although he experimented with many styles.
He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design and the Pennsylvania Academy with Daniel Garber, and also studied in Europe for two years on a Cresson Traveling Scholarship and a Tappan Prize award, both from the Pennsylvania Academy.
In the 1920s, he got sleeping sickness, a condition that affected him throughout his life.
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