George BARKER
George BARKER
1858
1911
Exh 1892-1908
Born 25 May 1858 at Wolverhampton, the artist exhibited two paintings at Birmingham in a RBSA exhibition that indicates his having visited in Cornwall, possibly in 1895 (Bednar). These were Church Lane, Newlyn (1896) and The Lizard Point from Kynance (1897). He worked as a sub-postmaster in Birmingham, and subsequently died there on 19 May, 1911, age 53 (GRO).
media
Watercolour
works and access
Works include: Church Lane, Newlyn (1896); The Lizard Point from Kynance (1897); Newquay (1890), monogrammed signature on w/c.
exhibitions
B (13)
RHA (4)
RBSA
references
Bednar
Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall;
Johnson & Greutzner (1975) Dictionary of British Artists
RBSA Exhibition records