Charles Alfred Barry (1830-1892)
American Historic Realist portrait painter, illustrator, draughtsman and educator ;
C.A. Barry ; C. A. Barry ; C. Alfred Barry ; Charles A. Barry ; Charles Barry ;
[Born July 14, 1830 in Boston, MA – died April 1892 in Boston, MA]
FAD record control number: 46510 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Charles Alfred Barry (1830-1892) biography:
Birth: Born July 14, 1830 in Boston, MA ;
Death: April 1892 in Boston, MA ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Cancer ;
Known for: Characterful and expressive drawings, portrait paintings ;
Medium: Crayon ; oil ; ink & paper ;
Technique: Drawing ; painting ;
Subjects: Important Americans ;
Areas: Boston, MA (1840, 1860, 1882, 1883, 1886) ; Providence, RI (1878-1880) ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: 32 Waverly Place, Boston, MA (1860) ; Washington Street, Providence, RI (1878-1880) ;
Father: Charles Barry (1804-1882) ;
Mother: Mary White (Wharf) Barry (1802-1892) ;
Relatives: Horace White Barry (1831-?), brother ; Mary Elizabeth Barry (1838-1898), sister ;
Spouse: Mary E (Scates) Barry (1840-?), first-wife, February 22, 1858 ; Flora Elizabeth Barry (1836-?), second-wife, opera singer, divorced 1873 ; Sophia A (Bugbee) Barry (?-?), third-wife, married August 5, 1878 ;
Children: Phillips Barry (1880-1937), son ; Althea White Barry (1858-1927), daughter ;
Training: London, England ; Paris, France ;
Instructors:
Work: Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Joseph Ames of Boston, Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, Edwin Forrest, the elder Booth and many others ; Primer of design by Charles A Barry (Lee & Shepard, Boston, MA, 1878) ; worked as a deputy tax collector (1880-?) ;
Taught: Massachusetts Normal Art School (now Massachusetts College of Art and Design) a Boston Public Latin School, Boston, MA, drawing (1870-1873, 1876-1878) ; Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, head of school (1878-1880) ;
Students:
Member: Boston Art Club, Boston, MA, founding member (1855) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, member (1860) ;
Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1860) ; Boston Art Club, Boston, MA (1873, 1876, 1878, 1881) ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (1878, 1879, 1881) ;
Awards:
Milestones: Made crayon portrait sketch of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, IL (1860) ; John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) poem “Sisters”, refers to Barry crayon drawing ; Barry’s portrait of Lincoln is considered one of the best that was ever done of the former President ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2019.46510
Digital document provenance:
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Record birth date:
February 26, 2019
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