Harriet Nell Barber was born in Chichester and studied at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design in Dorset. She undertook her first degree at Manchester Polytechnic, studying at the Medlock campus. In 1989, she was accepted at the Slade School of Fine Art, for a two-year postgraduate Higher Diploma in Fine Art. Here she studied under Norman Norris and Euan Uglow, painting solely in the F Studio from the life models. In an environment closely associated with Uglow many of the poses adopted by the models would last for weeks, sometimes the whole term.[1]
In 1996, she won the £1,000 student award in the NatWest 90s Prize For Art[2] for a depiction of female bathers at Hampstead Pond.[3]
In 2008, she set up her own art business for her paintings, and one month later was diagnosed with breast cancer, from which she recovered after months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.[6]
In 2009, she was selected as a finalist for the Barclays Trading Places Awards, which honour those who have started a business while facing personal adversity.[6] In 2010, her work was included in the Contemporary Gallery Artists show at Browse & Darby in Cork Street, London.[7]
Cathy Lomax said of Barber's seascapes executed in oil on board:
Barber's paintings are refreshingly raw, colour piled on in an effort to summon up the emotion of the place rather than worrying to much about accuracies. They have an endearing hint of the naïve about them[8]
Personal lifeedit
Barber was married with two children and lived in Dorset,[6] where she died of breast cancer on 16 July 2014, aged 46.[9]
Referencesedit
^ abOfficial Harriet Barber website; accessed 29 July 2014.
^"Women scoop all prizes in top art contest", The Independent (London), 8 April 1996, p. 8.
^John Russell Taylor. "Around the galleries", The Times (London), 16 April 1996, p. 1.
^Cathy Lomax."Art reviews and comment", 27 March 2003.
^Harriet Barber obituary, theguardian.com; 23 July 2014; accessed 29 July 2014.
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January 01, 1970
harriet, barber, harriet, nell, barber, june, 1968, july, 2014, english, figurative, painter, barber, 2008bornharriet, nell, barber, 1968, june, 1968chichester, englanddied16, july, 2014, 2014, aged, dorset, englandknown, forpainting, sunday, walk, ringstead, . Harriet Nell Barber 3 June 1968 16 July 2014 1 was an English figurative painter Harriet BarberBarber in 2008BornHarriet Nell Barber 1968 06 03 3 June 1968Chichester EnglandDied16 July 2014 2014 07 16 aged 46 Dorset EnglandKnown forPainting Harriet Barber Sunday Walk Ringstead Contents 1 Life and work 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksLife and work editHarriet Nell Barber was born in Chichester and studied at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design in Dorset She undertook her first degree at Manchester Polytechnic studying at the Medlock campus In 1989 she was accepted at the Slade School of Fine Art for a two year postgraduate Higher Diploma in Fine Art Here she studied under Norman Norris and Euan Uglow painting solely in the F Studio from the life models In an environment closely associated with Uglow many of the poses adopted by the models would last for weeks sometimes the whole term 1 In 1996 she won the 1 000 student award in the NatWest 90s Prize For Art 2 for a depiction of female bathers at Hampstead Pond 3 She was selected along with Ivy Smith for the first Jerwood Art Commissions in 2000 for two paintings for the Chamber of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 4 The unveiling was by Michael Palin in September 2000 4 Her painting Children at Whitsand Bay Cornwall was used as the cover image for the BMJ journal Archives of Disease in Childhood 5 In 2008 she set up her own art business for her paintings and one month later was diagnosed with breast cancer from which she recovered after months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy 6 In 2009 she was selected as a finalist for the Barclays Trading Places Awards which honour those who have started a business while facing personal adversity 6 In 2010 her work was included in the Contemporary Gallery Artists show at Browse amp Darby in Cork Street London 7 Cathy Lomax said of Barber s seascapes executed in oil on board Barber s paintings are refreshingly raw colour piled on in an effort to summon up the emotion of the place rather than worrying to much about accuracies They have an endearing hint of the naive about them 8 Personal life editBarber was married with two children and lived in Dorset 6 where she died of breast cancer on 16 July 2014 aged 46 9 References edit a b Official Harriet Barber website accessed 29 July 2014 Women scoop all prizes in top art contest The Independent London 8 April 1996 p 8 John Russell Taylor Around the galleries The Times London 16 April 1996 p 1 a b Jerwood Art Commission Jerwood Foundation retrieved 2 April 2010 Cover image Archives of Disease in Childhood 1 July 2001 retrieved 2 April 2010 a b c Tourgout James Artist who fought breast cancer is up for award Dorset Echo 7 July 2009 retrieved 29 March 2010 Browse amp Darby Archived 2011 06 13 at the Wayback Machine Arts Council England retrieved 29 March 2010 Cathy Lomax Art reviews and comment 27 March 2003 Harriet Barber obituary theguardian com 23 July 2014 accessed 29 July 2014 External links editHarriet Barber at Cadogan Contemporary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harriet Barber amp oldid 1204500101, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
