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Harry Jefferson BarnesIndustrial Railway Landscape - Scottish 50s art Post Impressionist oil paintingCirca 1950
Circa 1950
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This vibrant colourful Scottish Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted Slade School artist and former Director of the Glasgow School of Art Sir Harry Jefferson Barnes. Painted in the 1950's the composition is an industrial railway landscape, likely to be in or around Glasgow. In the foreground are a couple of locomotives, their steam billowing into the blustery cloudy sky. Central are two arches of a bridge and numerous warehouse type buildings are beyond. Barnes primarily uses a striking red and blue palette with bold Post Impressionist brushwork and heavy impasto. A stunning colourful Scottish Industrial oil painting and an excellent example of Barnes prowess as an artist.
Provenance. The artist's estate.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 28 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a gallery frame, 43 inches by 35 inches and in good condition.
Harry Jefferson Barnes (1915-1982) was the Director of the Glasgow School of Art, and in 1965 he set up the Mackintosh School of Architecture, and he was also an influential pioneer of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society. His interest in craft and design led him to acquiring the Edinburgh Tapestry Company in 1955, and throughout his life he contributed to the success and celebration of art and design in Scotland. Barnes was also an accomplished painter, and his work is rarely offered at auction. He was a painted in oils of landscapes and townscapes. He grew up in Sheffield where his father was a professor at the University. He was educated at Repton School and went on to study at the Slade under Randolph Schwabe. He was appointed CBE in 1971 and was knighted in 1980. Barnes had a personal and professional friendship with Randolph Schwabe, whom he studied under at the Slade, and who recommended him for the post of Assistant Master in Painting and Drawing at Glasgow School of Art. He married Schwabe's daughter Alice in 1941. Barnes retired from his post as Director of the Glasgow School of Art in 1980 to his home in Argyll. He died on 31 May 1982.
- Creator:Harry Jefferson Barnes (1915 - 1982, British)
- Creation Year:Circa 1950
- Dimensions:Height: 35 in (88.9 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU853113046712
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