17 facts about Gwen Barnard

Gwen Barnard (1912–1988) was a British artist notable for her achievement as a painter and printmaker.

Barnard studied at the Chelsea School of Art in the midst of 1931 and 1935 and subsequently at the Euston Road School in 1937 and 1938. Although her into the future paintings were naturalistic and with time her right to use became more abstract, throughout her career stone shapes and river scenes, particularly of the River Thames, remained constant themes. Barnard’s first solo exhibition was at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London. She contributed works to organization exhibitions and had extra solo shows hosted by the Artists’ International Association, at the Camden Arts Centre in 1976, the Upper Street Gallery in London and at overseas venues. Barnard was a believer of the Women’s International Art Club and served as the Club’s seat for a time. She was furthermore a advocate of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. In 1955 she illustrated Shapes of the River, a book on the Thames. The compilation was published by the Gaberbocchus Press of which Barnard was a director and for whom she illustrated several volumes. For many years Barnard lived in Hampstead and wrote a archives of the local Mall Studios, where she worked, for the Camden History Evaluation in 1980.