JOSEPH BARRETT
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Barrett was born in
Midland, Carabus County,
North Carolina, in 1936. He
was raised on his maternal
Grandmother's plantation,"
Bentiver", in Proffit Virginia.
He began his formal study of
painting at the Massachusetts
College of Art in Boston and
did his thesis at the Tyler
School of Art in Philadelphia.
Barrett who has been painting
his entire adult life, paints in
his studio in Lahaska, Bucks
County, Pennsylvania. His
subjects are often of Bucks
County landscapes , many of
them set in New Hope. His
compositions of local
landmarks often include
figures, depicting everyday
life- fishing, leisurely strolls
through the village, couples
walking side by side.
Barrett's brilliant color palette
and use of heavy textural
impasto is similar to that of
Fern Coppedge and George
Sotter. Barrett's paintings are
always framed in unique,
custom hand-carved frames
designed by the artist and
finished in metal leaf. The
frames continue in the tradition
of Bucks County fame makers
such as Frederick Harer, Ben
Badura and Raymond
Vanselous- and are sometimes
signed on the sides of the
frames with his distinctive
signature carved into the wood,
sometimes allowing the gold
under-paint to show through.
Joseph Barrett carries on the
tradition of his contemporaries-
of the New Hope Impressionist
School, painting every day in
his Lahaska studio that
doubles as an antique shop.
Here you can find paintings in
various stages of completion as
well as hundreds of well worn
brushes and tubes of his
favorite colors of paint. Barrett
is the last of the living painters
with direct ties to the New
Hope Impressionists- a group
of distinguished artists with
roots in the Pennsylvania
Impressionist School.
Born July 11, 1936, Midland, North
Carolina
Education; Pfeiffer College, North
Carolina: AA
Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, MA: BFA- Painting
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia.:
MFA- Painting
Exhibitions:
Tyler School of Art; Graduate
Thesis Exhibition
Philadelphia. Art Alliance; Solo
Exhibition
Phillips Mill Annual Exhibition 1991,
92
Coryell Gallery Juried show, Years
1993-97 Prize in 96
Bianco Gallery Group show , Years
1993-99 Prize in 96
New Hope Arts Commission- "The
New Century Show" Years 1994
(prize), 95,96
American fine Arts gallery 95-96
Lambertville, NJ
American Fine Arts Gallery 95,96
Lambertville, NJ
Coryell Gallery Group Show 1998
Lambertville, NJ
Doylestown Art League 95 Hon Men.
Midlantic Bank Solo Exhibition
95,96 New hope and Lahaska
Durham Galley Group Exhibition
94,95
Georgetown, Washington DC
Broadmoor Gallery Group Exhibition
94-97
Lambertville Public Library Solo
Exhibition "Alluvial Days" 98
PNC Bank Solo Exhibition 97,98
New Hope and Lahaska, PA
Hang Up Gallery Group Exhibition
97,98 Doylestown, PA
Graphic Arts Gallery 98 New York
NY
Jim's Antiques Fine Arts Gallery,
Lambertville, NJ 99-present
Frames are hand carved by Joseph
Barrett and also by a frame carver
artisan under the direction of Joseph
Barrett.
Bucks County Impressionist Carbon County Impressionism Modern Impressionist New Hope Impressionist
Joseph Barrett
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