Charles burton barber paintings

Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894), not to be confused with the landscape painter from Liverpool with the same name who died in 1854, was primarily known for his charming paintings of children with animals.

He was born in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk and entered the Royal Academy when he was 18. Two years later he was awarded a silver medal for drawing and first exhibited at the Academy in 1866. He continued exhibiting there until 1893.

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His works were also included in exhibits at the Fine Art Society, Manchester City Art Gallery, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Walker Art Gallery.

Barber's greatest love was painting the natural world, deer in particular.

He would have been perfectly content to hone his craft painting landscapes which included powerful stags and graceful does. Had he not had a family to support, he may have stayed on that path and not produced the many wonderfully charming portraits of children and their pets that we have come to lo