David Barnett Art
American, b. 1933
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age 19 when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985, David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since.
David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art. David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics and oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miró, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery collection and knowledge and passion for fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona. In November 2005, he opened his second studio gallery in Hartland, Wisconsin.
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Artist: David Barnett
Dealer: David Barnett Gallery
"Spring Spirit Garden, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Spirit Garden" is an original watercolor painting on Japanese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece utilizes the wet-on-wet ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Rice Paper
"Electric Dragon, " a Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Electric Dragon" is an original watercolor painting signed lower center by the artist David Barnett. It depicts a bright red dragon with electric yellow shapes emanating from it.
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Category
1960s David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
Chopin Music Abstract Expressionist Landscape Piano Homage Contemporary Signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Chopin-Nocturnes The Pleasure of Polish Potatoes - Sunset with Potato Clouds in the Western Sky" is an original watercolor painting with collage elements by David Barnett,...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Room Interior" abstract cubist cubism dark colorful pop mellow 60's signed
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Room Interior" is an original acrylic painting on masonite by David Barnett. The artist used bright, non-mimetic colors to create an abstracted interior scene. Artist signed piece o...
Category
1960s Abstract David Barnett Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Miami Crypto Martini Man With Olives and Vintage Florida Villas Postcard
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Collage, with archival inkjet prints, Dr. Ph. Martin's acrylics, and iridescent acrylic on white wove paper mounted to rag matboard
David Barnett's Miami Crypto Man series of 2001 b...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Miami Crypto Man With Coconut Palms by the Pool mixed media wisconsin artist
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is a mixed media collage created by the gallery's own Director/Founder! Elements involved are archival inkjet prints, Dr. Ph. Martin's acrylics, and iridescent acrylic on white woven paper. All are mounted to rag mat board.
David Barnett's Miami Crypto Man series of 2001 bridges the personal memory of the artist and art history. The figure's jacket has the look of textiles, but the work is a mixed media collage. An homage to the Surrealists, particularly Rene Magritte, the work uses the medium of collage employed by the Dadaists and Surrealists to create the effect of defamiliarization. The work consists of a figure wearing a patterned blue jacket with a sand dollar head and images of a Florida resort...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
'Venus & Shooting Stars Over the Mountain' giclée print canvas signed abstract
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Venus & Shooting Stars Over the Mountain’ is a reproduction giclée print on canvas, signed by the artist in the lower center. It is based after the original Mixed Media piece.
Alte...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Foam Board, Giclée
"Spring Green Variation III, " Mixed Media Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Green Variation III" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right. This piece depicts a landscape in bright colors.
...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
'Orange + Blue Complimentary Rabbits Having a Field Day' Signed by Artist
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Homage to Schomer Lichtner: Orange + Blue Complimentary Rabbits Having a Field Day
Art: 6" x 8"
Frame: 16" x 19"
Signed and dated lower left
Mixed media, ink, irridescent acrylic, a...
Category
2010s David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
'Leonardo & Rodin Dreaming of Jona Lisa' original signed mixed media collage
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Leonardo & Rodin Dreaming of Jona Lisa' is an original mixed media collage, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. Part of Barnett's 'Famous Artist Series,' this vibrant collage pays homage to artists Leonardo da Vinci and Aguste Rodin by staging a visual conversation between their oeuvres. Below da Vinci's self-portrait, the Mona Lisa dreams of Rodin's thinker, played by artist and Barnett's close friend Joan Dvorsky, whom Barnett has nicknamed 'Joan of Art' and 'Jona Lisa,' an allusion to Joan d'Arc and the Mona Lisa respectively. The scene is surrounded by Rodin's figural drawings of dynamic nude forms in the upper and lower left and upper right corners of the composition. Although principally an homage to da Vinci, Rodin, and Dvorsky, the composition features a number of other artistic 'easter eggs' like the glass flowers that surround Dvorsky—the work of artist Dale Chihuly at the Garfield Park Conservatory—and the birch bark next to Dvorsky, a sample taken from Barnett's own 'Birch Bark Series.'
Mixed media iridescent acrylic collage signed and dated lower right
23.5 x 20.875 inches, art
35.625 x 32.9375 inches, frame
Signed and dated in lower right
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting with a 1/4 inch beige bevel, Museum Glass to inhibit fading and reduce glare, and housed in a rosewood-style wood moulding.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
'Anticipating Spring' signed artist's proof giclee print on watercolor paper
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Anticipating Spring' is an artist's proof giclée print on watercolor paper after the original 2003 watercolor. Recalling the works of post-impressionist Henri Matisse, Barnett's vibrant watercolors depict a panoply of flowers that engage each of the viewer's senses. The subtle gradations in hue suggest textural changes on the flower petals, while the luminous white space between the flowers functions as an aromatic haze, lush and intoxicating. The tonal sensitivity that Barnett is able to elicit from watercolor perfectly complements the flowers' total engagement of the viewer's sensorium.
Giclée print on watercolor paper after original 2003 watercolor
AP II/XXV
25.625 x 41 inches, print
37.5 x 55.75 inches, frame
Signed and dated in lower right
"AP II/XXV" written in lower left
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting, UF5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading, and housed in a gold finish wood moulding.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'On The Beach Sanibel Island' Original Watercolor Signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'On The Beach Sanibel Island' original watercolor signed and dated by David Barnett
David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has bee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
"Hibiscus Surrounded by the Sun" iridescent acrylics and signed by artist
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
8" x 10" art
18.25" x 20.5" frame
David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art deal...
Category
2010s Modern David Barnett Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
'Homage to Kandinsky: Before Spring' original signed mixed media watercolor
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett’s ‘Homage to Wassily Kandinsky after 1911 orig. Woodcut from the Klänge (Sounds) Series, title: Before Spring,’ is an original mixed media watercolor painting, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Part of the artist’s ‘Famous Artist Series,’ Barnett stages a collaboration between himself and the Russian Abstract Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky by scanning the original woodblock print from Kandinsky's Klänge series and printing it as a giclée on watercolor paper. The composition sees a hatted figure with a staff as they journey through hills and canyons into the night; colors pass from the inside of the woodcut to the surrounding paper where they form a rotating cycle, perhaps indicative of the cycle of influence from Kandinsky to Barnett and back again.
Mixed media giclée print & watercolor on paper
14 x 14 inches, artwork
19 x 18.75 inches, frame
Signed and dated lower right
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting, Museum Glass to protect from UV rays, and housed in a modern profile silver finish wood moulding
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
'Hybrid Hibiscus I' Archival inkjet print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Image: 2 1/2"x2 3/4"
Paper: 4 1/2"x4 1/4"
Frame: 9 1/2"x9 1/2"
Archival inkjet print
Signed in pencil lower right.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist ha...
Category
Early 2000s David Barnett Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital
'Ginkgo Leaves Morphed into a Butterfly' Original Painting by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Original drawing signed and dated by David Barnett.
David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s car...
Category
2010s David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
'Triple Birthday Bouquet Variation' Original Painting by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Triple Birthday Bouquet Variation' original painting signed and dated by David Barnett.
23" x 33" art
32" x 42.25" frame
David Barnett an artist, collector, appraiser and galleris...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
'Reindeer' original signed watercolor painting, winter ice mountains reindeer
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Reindeer' is an original watercolor painting, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. As the sun rises over a blue and green mountain range, a reindeer scans the snow-covered horizon of the tundra. Barnett's use of watercolor is minimalistic, allowing the untouched areas of the canvas to imitate snow and the reindeer's stark and branching antlers to mimic leafless trees during the winter months. When color does appear, it is used to depict the reflection of the sun's light off of a frozen river.
Watercolor painting
18.75 x 16.375 inches, artwork
19.75 x 17.25 inches, frame
Signed in lower right
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag mounting materials, plexiglass to inhibit fading, and housed in a silver finish wood moulding.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
1990s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Homage to David Hockney - Sun and Water Spots on My Glasses by the Pool"
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to David Hockney - Sun & Water Spots on My Glasses by the Pool, miniature variation" is a mixed media watercolor and ink landscape painting of a yellow sky with tall green palm trees, red, orange, and yellow flower garden. As part of the artist's 'Famous Artist Series,' Barnett pays homage to David Hockney, who is known for his depictions of pools.
This artwork was inspired by a trip to Los Angeles, California, and the view from David's hotel room overlooking the pool at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel...
Category
2010s Impressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Giclée
'Frozen Faces Series: Fish Face' signed artist's proof I/XXV fine art photograph
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon of observing faces in inanimate objects. In his ‘Frozen Faces Series,’ artist David Barnett plays with this phenomenon to create a series of abstract portraits out of snow. In ‘Fish Face...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
'Morph Dog Series: Celebration' signed artist's proof I/XXV giclée print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Celebration’ is an artist’s proof giclée print, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. This piece is a part of Barnett’s ‘Morph Dog Series,’ so named for his use of a “morph dog”—a dog-shaped foam sculpture that transforms into a cube when turned inside out—to paint. Against a muted horizon, multicolored rings ignite the sky like fireworks as confetti cascades to the bottom of the frame; rows of morph dogs further ornament the display in red and blue.
Giclée print on watercolor paper
AP I/XXV
48 x 36 in, print
57.5 x 46.75 in, frame
Signed and dated in lower right
"AP I/XXV" in lower left
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting and housed in a gold finish wood moulding.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée, Pencil
'Mother's Day Bouquet' signed giclée print on watercolor paper floral still-life
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Mother's Day Bouquet' is a giclée print on watercolor paper, signed by the artist in the lower right. Atop a checkered placemat rests a bouquet of flowers in a vase. Foregoing botanical realism, Barnett has opted instead to present a uniform floral profile, emphasizing how their colors work as an ensemble rather than foregrounding any distinct physiological differences. The composition’s flattened perspective also resembles the works of another painter of flowers—Henri Matisse—from whom Barnett draws inspiration.
Giclée print on watercolor paper after original 2004 mixed media
7 x 5 in, print
13.25 x 10.75 in, frame
Signed lower right
Framed to conversation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting, UF5 plexiglass to inhibit fading, and housed in a gold finish wood moulding.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly' signed artist's proof I/XXV giclée print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Giant Hybrid Hibiscus Butterfly’ is an artist’s proof giclée print on watercolor paper after the 2003 original, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. The composition em...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Desert Mountain Paths' original signed watercolor painting on notepad paper
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett's 'Desert Mountain Paths' is an exercise in using limited materials. Depicting the winding paths of Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, AZ, the composition simulates found art for Barnett's use of notepad paper from a local hotel as his canvas. Zig-zagging and curved lines suggest striations in the rocks and also the meandering path of hikers and other passersby. Barnett even incorporates the Desert Mountain logo at the top of the page into the composition as the summit resting on the edge of the horizon.
Watercolor on notepad paper
6 x 4 inches, artwork
11.75 x 9.75 inches, frame
Signed and dated lower left.
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag mounting materials, Museum Glass to inhibit fading and reduce glare, and housed in a gold finish wood moulding.
David Barnett, an artist, collector, appraiser and gallerist has been passionate about art from the early age of five. David’s career as an art dealer began at age nineteen when, as a fine arts student, he sponsored an exhibition of work by fellow student artists. In 1966, he opened his first gallery in a converted basement apartment at Wisconsin Avenue and 21st Street. In 1985 David moved his gallery from Wisconsin Avenue into the Old Button Mansion on State Street and has been active ever since. David’s talents for recognizing undervalued artists and for meeting the needs of art lovers, art collectors and artists have created a vibrant, flourishing gallery and collection of over 6,000 works of art.
David was born and raised in Wisconsin. He has been painting in watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels as well as fine art photography. David has more than 10 different series he has developed over the years. They include Abstract, Surrealism, Morph Dog, Up North Birch Bark, Impressions of Mexico City, Southwest, Fireworks, Famous Artist Paying Homage and Garden Panorama. Influential artists include Vermeer, Miro, Kandinsky, Chagall, Nolde and Klee. David has been featured in many magazines, newspapers and public television programs regarding his beautiful gallery, collection and knowledge and passion of fine art. David also has work in the permanent collection Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona.
Since its opening in 1966, The David Barnett Gallery has flourished to become Wisconsin's premier gallery and has the most diverse range of art available in any Wisconsin gallery, including works of art that represent more than 600 artists. The gallery also offers custom framing, art appraisals...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
'Impressions of Pinnacle Peak, AZ' signed artist's proof giclée print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Impressions of Pinnacle Peak, AZ Looking West From Dick & Sherry Miller's House’ is an artist’s proof giclée print after the original 2001 watercolor, s...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Beaver Lake Panorama with Stargazer Lilies II (triptych)' original mixed media
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Beaver Lake with Stargazer Lilies II (triptych),’ is an original mixed media giclée print on watercolor paper, signed by the artist in the right panel....
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Giclée
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to David Hockney-TriColor Water, " by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Homage to David Hockney - Tri-Color Water" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the artwork lower right. It depicts a...
Category
2010s Impressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
'Buddha Board Water Series #2 - Bird Disguised As Giacometti' signed mixed media
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett’s ‘Buddha Board Water Series’ marks the use of a new medium for the artist. In this series, Barnett experimented with the Buddha Board, a reusable canvas that allows us...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
'Homage to Schomer Lichtner: The Merrymakers' original signed mixed media
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett's "Homage to Schomer Lichtner: The Merrymakers" is an original mixed media artwork, signed by the artist in the lower left. The artwork itself becomes a collaboration b...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Giclée
'Buddha Board Water Series #1 - Deer with Tree' original signed mixed media
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett’s ‘Buddha Board Water Series’ marks the use of a new medium for the artist. In this series, Barnett experimented with the Buddha Board, a reusable canvas that allows us...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
'Celebration (Homage to Sharon)' signed artist's proof I/XXV giclée print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Celebration (Homage to Sharon)’ is an artist’s proof giclée print, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. This piece is a part of Barnett’s ‘Morph Dog Series,’ so named ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Boston Tea Party Celebration III' original watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Artworks in David Barnett's 'Boston Tea Party' series present a playful vision of one of the foundational narratives of the United States. In the imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
'Painted Garden, Inside Out' original signed mixed media artwork
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Painted Garden, Inside Out’ is an original mixed media artwork, signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Over a delicate still life of a flower garden, Barnett has bisected t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Giclée
"Head of Woman with Stars, " Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Woman with Stars" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features the profile of a woman's head with various ...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
'Homage to Schomer Lichtner Or Is It Matisse' original signed mixed media giclée
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Homage to Schomer Lichtner Or Is It Matisse’ is an original mixed media collage using watercolor and giclée on museum foam board, signed by the...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor, Foam Board, Giclée, Mixed Media
'Tulips, Hybrid, Hibiscus, Crane's Bill & Peonies' artist's proof giclée print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Tulips, Hybrid, Hibiscus, Crane’s Bill & Peonies’ is an artist’s proof giclée print on watercolor paper after the 2003 original, signed by the artist in the lower right. Influenced ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Buca di Beppo - Chocolate Demolition Derby' signed trial proof photograph
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
David Barnett's 'Buca di Beppo - Chocolate Demolition Derby' features a playful application of forced perspective. The photograph zooms-in on a yellow toy car mid drift...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Boston Tea Party with White Tea Bag' original watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Artworks in David Barnett's 'Boston Tea Party' series present a playful vision of one of the foundational narratives of the United States. In the imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Watercolor
"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles, " Purple Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Circus Side Show with Flying Turtles" is an original purple ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed the artwork along the lower part of the drawing ...
Category
1960s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink
"After Rene Magritte with Lips, " Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"After Rene Magritte With Lips" is an original watercolor and ink drawing by David Barnett. The artist signed, titled, and dated the piece in the lower right. This artwork depicts a ...
Category
1990s Surrealist David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
'Take My Hand, I'm a Stranger in Paradise' signed AP fine art photography print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Part of the artist's 'Self-Portrait Series,' David Barnett’s ‘Take My Hand, I’m a Stranger in Paradise’ deconstructs self-portrait photography by only displaying the artist's shadow ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Homage to Chagall - Near St. Jeannet' original signed mix media composition
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
‘Homage to Chagall - Near St. Jeannet’ is an original mixed media artwork, signed and dated by the artist in the lower right. Part of Barnett’s ‘Famous Artist Series,’ the composition is dedicated to Russian-French Expressionist Marc Chagall. Reproducing Chagall’s 1972...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph
'Human Geography' original signed mixed media artwork
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Originally drawn in 1964 while Barnett was still in high school, ‘Human Geography’ depicts an anthropomorphic figure assembled from the continents. Featuring the simultaneous points ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Giclée
'Homage to Ruben Blades' giclée print on watercolor paper after 2000 color ink
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In ‘Homage to Ruben Blades,’ artist David Barnett celebrates the works of Panamanian Salsa musician and actor Rubén Blades. Seen here performing in concert, Blades takes center stage...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
'Beaver Lake Sunrise, Aug. 2016' original signed fine art photograph
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In ‘Beaver Lake Sunrise, Aug. 2016,’ David Barnett captures a rare moment of natural framing in the landscape of Beaver Lake, WI. Between a clearing in th...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Inkjet
"Birch Bear, " Mixed Media Watercolor on Birch Bark signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Birch Bear" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed along the lower edge. The artist collects shed birch bark that he finds in the forest surrounding his home. The...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Birch, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote, " Original Floral Watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dancing Saguaro & Coyote" is an original watercolor painted by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The abstracted desert landscape is rendered in strata of pure bright ...
Category
1960s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Florida Gulf Coast-Sanibel Island Sunset, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Florida Gulf Coast - Sanibel Island Sunset" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. With impressionistic...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Leonardo Dreaming of the Mona Lisa, " Original Abstract signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Leonard Dreaming of the Mona Lisa" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. The abstract piece features a dark blue and purple broodin...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" Ed. 2 by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée
'Take My Hand, I'm a Stranger in Paradise' signed fine art photography print
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Part of the artist's 'Self-Portrait Series,' David Barnett’s ‘Take My Hand, I’m a Stranger in Paradise’ deconstructs self-portrait photography by only displaying the artist's shadow ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Giclée
"Famous Artist Series: Tattooed Matisse Model Variation III" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Famous Artist Series: Tattooed Matisse Model Variation III" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This Matisse-inspired painting fe...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" Ed. 3 by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" Ed. 1 by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies I, " Mixed Media Landscape by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract with Grass and Poppies I" is an original watercolor, iridescent acrylic, and ink painting on watercolor paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower right. Thi...
Category
2010s Impressionist David Barnett Art
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Up North Birch Bark Series: Tree Spirit Chief, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birchbark Series: Tree Spirit Chief" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. U...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Birch, Ink, Watercolor
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud: Homage to René Magritte" by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Radio and Bowlers in the Cloud" is a work by David Barnett inspired by the surrealist works of René Magritte in conjunction with the David Barnett Gallery's 2020 exhibition of Magritte lithographs. In this artwork, Barnett references this past master, but also contemporary technology by making bowler hats dance across the cloud-filled sky above an antique GE...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Giclée
'Boston Tea Party Celebration II' original watercolor signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Artworks in David Barnett's 'Boston Tea Party' series present a playful vision of one of the foundational narratives of the United States. In the imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary David Barnett Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
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Find a wide variety of authentic David Barnett art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, green, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by David Barnett in paint, watercolor, mixed media and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large David Barnett art, so small editions measuring 4 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Reginald K. Gee, Mary Judge, and Michael Alan. David Barnett art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $375 and tops out at $17,300, while the average work can sell for $2,168.
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