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Ernest H. Barnes
Lyme Art Colony
American, (May 10, 1873–1955) In Lyme: 1905-1910
Ernest Harrison Barnes (1873-1955) was born on May 10, 1873 in Portland, New York. He studied at Hillsdale College in Michigan, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and with Will Howe Foote, Henry Rankin Poore, and Charles H. Davis.
In 1915 he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan. He held a position there until 1943. He spent his summers painting in New England. He was at Old Lyme from 1905 to 1910 where he became well acquainted with the artists of the Old Lyme Art Colony and Florence Griswold. While at Old Lyme he became a friend of Woodrow and Ellen Axson Wilson. The Wilsons purchased some of his paintings. These paintings hung in the White House from 1913 to 1921.
In 1920 Barnes decided to summer in Mystic, Connecticut. He became a regular exhibitor at the Mystic Art Association. Except for four or five seasons he returned to Mystic each summer from 1920 to 1938. Following the hurricane of 1938 Barnes went to Vermont where the destruction was not as bad and there he discovered new vistas and renewed enthusiasm. However, he still returned often to Mystic to paint and he would exhibit in their summer exhibitions until his death in 1955.
Barnes was a member of the Allied Artists of America, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Mystic Art Association, and the Scarab Club of Detroit. Barnes exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Mystic Art Association, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Southern States Art League, and the Ann Arbor Art Association.
His work is part of the collections of Hillsdale College, the University of Michigan, the Vanderpoel Collection, and the Detroit Institute of Art.
Ernest Harrison Barnes died in Detroit, Michigan in 1955.
Lyme Art Colony
American, (May 10, 1873–1955) In Lyme: 1905-1910
Ernest Harrison Barnes (1873-1955) was born on May 10, 1873 in Portland, New York. He studied at Hillsdale College in Michigan, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and with Will Howe Foote, Henry Rankin Poore, and Charles H. Davis.
In 1915 he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan. He held a position there until 1943. He spent his summers painting in New England. He was at Old Lyme from 1905 to 1910 where he became well acquainted with the artists of the Old Lyme Art Colony and Florence Griswold. While at Old Lyme he became a friend of Woodrow and Ellen Axson Wilson. The Wilsons purchased some of his paintings. These paintings hung in the White House from 1913 to 1921.
In 1920 Barnes decided to summer in Mystic, Connecticut. He became a regular exhibitor at the Mystic Art Association. Except for four or five seasons he returned to Mystic each summer from 1920 to 1938. Following the hurricane of 1938 Barnes went to Vermont where the destruction was not as bad and there he discovered new vistas and renewed enthusiasm. However, he still returned often to Mystic to paint and he would exhibit in their summer exhibitions until his death in 1955.
Barnes was a member of the Allied Artists of America, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Mystic Art Association, and the Scarab Club of Detroit. Barnes exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Mystic Art Association, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Southern States Art League, and the Ann Arbor Art Association.
His work is part of the collections of Hillsdale College, the University of Michigan, the Vanderpoel Collection, and the Detroit Institute of Art.
Ernest Harrison Barnes died in Detroit, Michigan in 1955.
Artist Objects
Mystic Harbor, Connecticut 2002.1.4