Vincent Barber Explained

Joseph Vincent Barber (1788–1838), known as Vincent Barber,^[1] was an English landscape painter and art teacher.

Born in Birmingham, the son of artist and drawing master Joseph Barber, he took over the running of his father's drawing academy in Great Charles Street on the elder Barber's death in 1811. Vincent Barber's students at the academy included Thomas Creswick, James Tibbits Willmore, Thomas Baker and Peter Hollins.^[2]

In 1809 he formed a separate academy of life drawing, with his brother Charles Barber and his father's former pupil Samuel Lines, that would ultimately evolve into the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Birmingham School of Art.^[3]

Barber painted mainly landscapes, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1812 and 1830.^[4] He retired in 1837 and travelled to Italy, dying of malaria in Rome in 1838.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harlech Castle. 2008-02-21. Museum Collections. Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum.
2. Book: Hill. Joseph. Harper. Edward S.. Midgley. William. The history of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, with a Chapter of personal reminiscence by Edward S. Harper. 1929. Cornish Brothers. Birmingham. 31–44. Some of the earlier artists .
3. Book: Wildman, Stephen. Wildman. Stephen. The Birmingham School: paintings, drawings and prints by Birmingham artists from the permanent collection. 1990. Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. Birmingham. Introduction .
4. Encyclopedia: Dawkins. C. E.. Lambert. R. J.. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Barber, Joseph (1757–1811). 2008-02-20. Online. 2004. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 10.1093/ref:odnb/1331.
5. Web site: Watercolour – View of Aston Hall from the Staffordshire Pool. 2008-02-23. BMagic. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.