biografia di Will R. BARNET (1911-2012)

Birth place: Beverly, MA

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Painter, printmaker, graphic artist, teacher

Studied: BMFA Sch., with Philip Hale, 1927-30; ASL, with Charles Locke, 1930-33; Harry Wickey.

Exhibited: WMAA, 1941, 1952 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965; Phila. Print Club, 1942 (prize), 1945 (prize); CI, 1944, 1945; Corcoran Gal, 1945-63 (third prize & purchase prize, 1961); VMFA, 1944; PAFA, 1947-68 (Walter Lippincott Prize, 1968); NAD, 1977 (Benjamin Altman first prize); Univ. Iowa, 1945, 1946; AIC; Corcoran Biennial, 1961 (bronze med., third prize); Walker Gal., 1938 (solo); Gal. St. Etienne, 1943 (solo); Schaefer Gal., 1946 (solo); Inst. Contemporary Art, Boston; MoMA; Univ. Calif., 1968; Univ. Illinois, 1969; Assoc. Am. Artists, 1972 (retrospective); New York City WPA Art Exhib., Parsons School Design, 1977.

Member: Phila. Print Club; Am. Artists Congress; Am. Abstract Artists; Federation Modern Painters & Sculptors; Soc. Am. Graphic Artists; ASL (life member); Century Assoc.; NAD; Royal Soc. Arts, England

Work: BMFA; WMAA; MMA; LOC; PMG; PMA; CI; SAM; Honolulu Acad. Art; Fogg Mus. Art; CMA; CGA; Guggenheim Mus.; PAFA

Comments: A WPA artist during the 1930s. He was active in Provincetown, MA, 1956-58. Teaching: ASL.

Sources: WW73; Baigell, Dictionary; New York City WPA Art, 5 (w/repros.); Provincetown Painters, 213