Francesco “Frank” Adelaide Barney (1862-1954)
American Impressionist / Realist landscape from a Barbizon school tradition painter ;
Frank A. Barney ; F.A. Barney ; F. A. Barney ; Francesco A. Barney ; Frank Barney ;
[Born December 7, 1862 in Union Springs, Cayuga County, NY – died December 16, 1954 in Auburn, Cayuga County, NY]

SAL record control number: 64437 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

Biography:

Birth: December 7, 1862 in Union Springs, Cayuga County, NY ;
Death: December 16, 1954 in Auburn, Cayuga County, NY ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ; 
Zodiac: Sagittarius ;

Known for: Landscape paintings ;
Medium: Oil ;
Technique: Painting ;
Subjects: Rural ; streams ; rural farm ; hills ; brooks ; marsh ; trees ;

Areas: Union Springs, Cayuga County, NY (1862-1885) ; New York, NY (1886-1888) ; West Morris, CT (1889) ; Barbizon, France (1895) ; England, UK (1895) ; Auburn, Cayuga County, NY (1907-1954) ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: Union Springs, Cayuga County, NY (1862-1885) ; New York, NY (1886-1888) ; West Morris, CT (1889) ; Barbizon, France (1895) ; England, UK (1895) ; Auburn, Cayuga County, NY (1907-1954) ;
Father: George Edwin Barney (1834-1926), a farmer ;
Mother: Francis Adelaide (Beardsley) Barney (1841-1917) ;
Relatives: Edwin E Barney (1867-1949), brother ; Susan B Barney (1868-?), sister ;
Spouse: Nellie Louise (Kirkpatrick) Barney (1866-1914), wife, married November 17, 1887 in Auburn, NY ;
Children: Richard Kirkpatrick Barney (1897-1962), son ;

Training: Art Students’ League of New York, New York, NY (1887-1888) ; privately at the studio of William Merritt Post (1856-1935), West Morris, CT (1889) ; Barbizon Artist Colony, Barbizon, France (1895) ; England, UK (1895) ;
Instructors: William Merritt Post (1856-1935) ;
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Member: Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (1897-1954), artist member ;
Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1881-1897) ; Rochester Art Club, Rochester, NY (1892) ; New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY (1897) ; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (1903) ; Palmer House, Chicago, IL ; Moulton Gallery, Chicago, IL ; Syracuse Museum of Fine Art, Syracuse, NY (1911-1919) ; Society of Independent Artists, New York, NY (1922) ; Binghamton Museum of Fine Art, Binghamton, NY (1936) ; Finger Lakes Regional Show, NY (1939, 1946) ;
Awards:

Milestones: Produced approximately 3,000 works ; known as the “Dean of Auburn Artists” ; listed as a WPA artist ;

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