George Randolph Barse

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George Randolph Barse, Jr. (born July 31, 1861 in Detroit , Michigan , † February 1938 in Katonah , Westchester County , New York ) was an American painter.

Life

Barse finished school in Kansas City in 1878 and went to France that same year . He settled in Paris and was a student of Alexandre Cabanel at the École des Beaux-Arts . With his support, he later moved to the Académie Julian , where he was mostly taught by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre ( nude and portrait painting ) and Gustave Boulanger ( salon painting ).

Barse returned to the United States in the fall of 1883. Until the spring of 1889 he lived alternately in New York and the Texas Panhandle and then returned to Europe. After a short stay in Paris, Barse went to Italy for six years . After a long study trip through Italy, he settled in Rome . There he married Rosina Ferrara in 1891 .

In the fall of 1895 Barse returned to the United States with his wife. They settled in New York and moved to Katonah, (Westchester County) in 1904. In addition to his artistic work, Barse worked as a lecturer at the Art Students League of New York . When his wife died in 1934, Barse fell into depression and three years later he committed suicide using carbon monoxide .

Honors

In 1895 the National Academy of Design (New York) awarded his work with a “First Prize”, in 1900 Barse was elected a full member ( NA ) of the Academy.

Works (selection)

  • Vanity
  • The oasis
  • Night and the declining day (1897)
  • A pensive lady in a spring meadow (1892)
  • The broken pitcher (1883)
  • The return (1921)

literature

  • Thieme-Becker
  • David B. Dearinger: Paintings and sculpture in the collection of the National Academy of Design . Hudson Hills Press, New York 2004, ISBN 1-55595-029-9 .

Web links

Commons : George Randolph Barse  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10815FD3D5C1B7A93C4AB1789D85F4C8385F9
  2. ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "B" / Barse Jr., George Randolph NA 1900 ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 17, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nationalacademy.org
personal data
SURNAME Barse, George Randolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barse, George Randolph Junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH February 1938
Place of death Katonah , Westchester County , New York