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1898 Galatz, Romania - 1965 New York, New York. Known for: Genre-work, illustration, figure.
Born in Galatz, Romania, John Barber became a modernist painter of figures and scenes of daily life. He emigrated from Romania with his family to the United States in 1908. His first art instruction... Read full biography
Born in Galatz, Romania, John Barber became a modernist painter of figures and scenes of daily life. He emigrated from Romania with his family to the United States in 1908. His first art instruction came from his grandfather, and from 1909 to 1910, he studied at the National Academy of Design in... Read full biography
Born in Galatz, Romania, John Barber became a modernist painter of figures and scenes of daily life. He emigrated from Romania with his family to the United States in 1908. His first art instruction came from his grandfather, and from 1909 to 1910, he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City. However, he thought the teaching was too rigid and was much happier at the Ferrer Center School where he took lessons from Robert Henri. The social realism of Henri had much influence on... Read full biography
Born in Galatz, Romania, John Barber became a modernist painter of figures and scenes of daily life. He emigrated from Romania with his family to the United States in 1908. His first art instruction came from his grandfather, and from 1909 to 1910, he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City. However, he thought the teaching was too rigid and was much happier at the Ferrer Center School where he took lessons from Robert Henri. The social realism of Henri had much influence on Barber, and he became a part of Henri's circle devoted to depictions of urban life. By 1916, he was an illustrator for the radical magazine, The Masses. In 1917, he was drafted and was briefly in France, where in 1920, after a brief return to New... Read full biography
Born in Galatz, Romania, John Barber became a modernist painter of figures and scenes of daily life. He emigrated from Romania with his family to the United States in 1908. His first art instruction came from his grandfather, and from 1909 to 1910, he studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City. However, he thought the teaching was too rigid and was much happier at the Ferrer Center School where he took lessons from Robert Henri. The social realism of Henri had much influence on Barber, and he became a part of Henri's circle devoted to depictions of urban life. By 1916, he was an illustrator for the radical magazine, The Masses. In 1917, he was drafted and was briefly in France, where in 1920, after a brief return to New York, he took up residency with his friend, Jules Pascin and was much influenced by Cubism. He studied... Read full biography
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Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Cod, Massachusetts
- •Europe
- •Provincetown, Massachusetts
Art Teacher
- •Andre Lhote
- •Robert Henri
Art School
- •Ferrer Modern School, New York
- •National Academy of Design School, New York, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Cartoon Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Commercial Art Gallery and/or Salon
- •Paris Salons
- •Salon d'Automne