biography of Ernest Harrison BARNES (1873-1955)

Birth place: Portland, NY

Death place: Detroit, MI

Addresses: Detroit, MI; Mystic, CT

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: Hillsdale Col., A.M.; AIC; ASL; & with Charles H. Davis, W. H. Foote; Henry R. Poore.

Exhibited: CGA, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1932; AIC, 1906, 1907, 1932; NAD, 1923, 1925, 1931, 1933; CM, 1909, 1910, 1911; Detroit Inst. A., 1916 (prize),1917-21, 1922 (prize), 1923, 1926, 1928; WFNY 1939; Mystic AA, 1920-1945; CAFA, 1922-1946; SSAL, 1928 (prize); Ann Arbor AA; S.Indp.A.

Member: Scarab Cl.; Boston AC; CAFA; SSAL; Allied AA

Work: Univ. Michigan; Hillsdale Col.; Vanderpoel Coll.; Detroit Inst. A.

Comments: Position: asst. prof., art, Univ. Michigan, 1929-43.

Sources: WW59; WW47. More recently, see, Gibson, Artists of Early Michigan, 45.