Joseph%20Barrett  (1936   -  )  Works

Joseph Barrett (1936  –     )

Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Barrett has been painting his entire adult life. His favorite subjects include the landscape surrounding New Hope, PA and many local landmarks often encompassing figures into his compositions. Barrett utilizes a heavy impasto and his palette bears similarities to that of Fern Coppedge and George Sotter. Barrett’s paintings are always found in unique and somewhat charming handmade frames designed by the artist and finished in metal leaf.

A living contemporary of the no longer living “New Hope School” impressionist painters, Joseph Barrett currently resides just outside of New Hope.

Source: New Hope for American Art by James M. Alterman