Gustave Barnes (9 May 1877 – 14 March 1921) was an Australian artist and modeller. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
Gustave Barnes was born in Islington, Middlesex, England, the eldest son of John William Barnes, a plasterer, and his wife Ann Eliza, née May. Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The family migrated to Adelaide when Gustave was a child; his father establishing Barnes & Neate, a builders, palsters and modelling business. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a On leaving school Gustave Barnes had some training in modelling, but was also a musician; at 21 years of age went to Europe to continue his study of the violin. The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member
Barnes obtained employment at the Doulton pottery works as a designer, painter and modeller, and during his evenings studied at the Royal College of Art, South Kensington. The Royal Doulton Company was one of the most renowned English companies producing Tableware and Collectables, with a history dating back to 1815 The Royal College of Art ( RCA) is a University in London, England. South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. In 1908 he exhibited a water-colour, 'Suffolk Marshes', at the Royal Academy of Arts. He also played violin in Sir Edward Elgar's second orchestra. His father died in 1912 and Barnes returned to Adelaide to carry on the business.
Barnes did a great deal of landscape painting, and was very interested in black and white work. For the art of designing external spaces see Landscape architecture. In 1915 he was employed to classify and catalogue prints and drawings at the Art Gallery of South Australia and shortly afterwards was made curator of the gallery. The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA located on the cultural Boulevard of North Terrace in Adelaide, is the premier arts institution in the Australian He proved himself to be conscientious and able, and his early death on 14 March 1921 was much regretted. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar
Barnes had married Annie May while in England in 1909 and his wife survived him with two children. He is represented by three pictures in the Adelaide gallery. He took up painting at a relatively late age, and some of his work suggests that had he lived longer he might have reached a higher position in Australian art than is usually given him.
References
- Nancy Benko, 'Barnes, Gustave Adrian (1877 - 1921)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, MUP, 1979, pp 179-180. The Australian Dictionary of Biography (ADB or AuDB is a multi-volume project published by Melbourne University Press. Melbourne University Publishing (MUP is the book publishing arm of the University of Melbourne ( Australia)
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Barnes, Gustave". Dictionary of Australian Biography. The Dictionary of Australian Biography, published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
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