biography of Bion BARNETT (1887-?)

Birth place: Jacksonville, FL

Addresses: Jacksonville, FL; Wash., DC; Paris, 1930; NYC, 1962

Profession: Painter, lecturer

Studied: ASL, with Bridgman, DuMond; Woodstock, with Harrison and Carlson; Provincetown, Mass., with Charles Hawthorne; Ogunquit, Me., with Joseph Davol; Académie Julian, Académie Colarossi and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris.

Exhibited: N.Y. WCC., 1910; Wash. WCC, 1917; McDowell Cl., 1917; 2 solo exhs., Edinburgh, Scotland, and exhibited with Soc. Scottish Artists; 7 solo exhs. in Paris. AFA traveling exh., 1917; Salon d'Automne, 1920, 1923; CI, 1922; Beaux-Arts, 1924-1940; Royal Acad., 1928-1934; New English A. Cl., 1935; AAPL (Paris chapter) 1927-1940; Soc. FA, Palm Beach; Palm Beach A. Lg.; Fla. Fed. A.; St. Augustine A. Soc. Awards: Chevalier, Leg. d'Honneur, 1937; silver med., Paris Exp., 1937; Bemis Award, Palm Beach A. Lg., 1941.

Member: Soc. Nationale des Beaux-Arts; All. A. Am.; Lotos Cl.; SC.

Sources: WW59; WW21; McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.

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