biography of Harris BARRON (1926)

Birth place: Boston, MA

Addresses: Brookline, MA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Vesper George Sch. Art; Kerr Sch. Art; Mass Sch. Art, BFA.

Exhibited: Boston Art Festival, 1955-1957 & 1960; Silvermine Guild Artists, 1957; Smithsonian Inst., 1957; Whichita Art Assn., 1955; Inst. Contemp. Arts, Boston. Awards: Art in Am. Award, 1960; first prize, Art in Architecture, Everson Mus. Art, 1962; first prize, Margaret Brown Award, Inst. Contemp. Art, Boston, 1964.

Work: Addison Gallery Am. Art, Andover, Mass.; Portland Mus. Art. Commissions: relief wall, Sears Roebuck, Saugus, Mass.; bronze sculpture, Temple Facade, Leominster, Mass.; bronze sculpture, Temple Israel, Columbus, Ohio; wood relief, Alper-Wellesley Trust Bldg, Brookline, Mass.; relief-frieze, West Hartford Community Ctr.

Comments: Preferred media: bronze, wood, granite.