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Exhibitions



April 26, 2024 - April 28, 2024
The Philadelphia Show 2024 – On View at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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April 28, 2023 - April 30, 2023
The Philadelphia Show 2023 – On View at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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News


Timothy Barr Featured in American Art Collector Magazine
September 28, 2022
American Art Collector - October 2022 / Issue 204
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Timothy Barr and Somerville Manning Gallery in American Art Collector Magazine
March 25, 2022
March 2022 / Issue 197
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Exhibited Artists in TV & Film
March 11, 2022
Artists who have exhibited with Somerville Manning Gallery have appeared in a number of movies and television shows. Here are some examples!
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Timothy Barr on Art Watch Radio
December 12, 2018
Painter, Timothy Barr and Director of Somerville Manning Gallery, Rebecca Moore talk about Barr's solo exhibition.
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Timothy Barr finds great inspiration in the Landscape and serenity of rural America. His intimate paintings of stone walled farmhouses, centuries-old trees and domestic scenes embody the solitude and grandeur of pastoral life. While he is able to capture the beauty of the countryside, many of Barr’s compositions are the products of experience and imagination brought to life through study, patience and his sophisticated use of light.
“I’m interested in the contrast that light brings to a scene,” Barr has said. “It’s fleeting and needs to be slowed down with paint so we can love it always.” Barr’s paintings are imbued with the characteristics of Luminism, a late 19th century technique highlighting reflective waters, magnificent skies and heavenly spotlit pastures.
His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including the Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, PA; the Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA; Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, TN; the Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, FL; and the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY. His work can be found in public collections, such as the Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA; Susquehanna Heritage Corp. – Zimmerman Center in Wrightsville, PA; and the The Baker Museum at Artis-Naples in Naples, FL.
“All of my paintings are oils, painted in the Luminist tradition. I use many thin transparent layers of paints usually put down wet over dry, depending on the effect I am after. By changing the color of each layer I can achieve complex colors & lighting effects within the images.
Color and light are high language tools that unlock the part of our brain that deal with base emotions. The rhythm achieved by the amount of darks and lights and and their careful placement within the composition can appeal to a viewers sense of mood, balance, movement, etc., inviting them into a captive moment in time and space. A beauty the viewer can contemplate for as long as they wish.”
— Timothy Barr
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Another Time, Another Place, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2022 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2020 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2018 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2016 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2014 New Paintings, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2013 Tilting at Windmills, Manchester Center, VT
2012 Clarity, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2011 Tilting at Windmills, Manchester Center, VT
2009 Heritage, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2007 Tilting at Windmills, Manchester Center, VT
2004 Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2004 Tilting at Windmills, Manchester Center, VT
2003 Edgartown Art Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2002 Newman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Newman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2021 PAST | PRESENT | FUTURE, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2021 American Scenes: Timothy Barr, Randall Exon and T. Allen Lawson, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2020 Contemporary Realism, Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY
2019 Summertime Salutations, The Edgartown Art Gallery, Inc., Edgartown, MA
2019 Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY
2018 Realism: Then & Now, Cavalier Galleries, New York, NY
2014 Man’s Best Friend – The Art of the Dog, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
1997 The Legacy Lives, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
1996 The Legacy Lives, Lever House, New York, NY
1990 – 2003 Newman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989 – 91 Golden Door Gallery, New Hope, PA
Selected Public Collections
Reading Museum, Reading, PA
Susquehanna Heritage Corporation – Zimmerman Center, Wrightsville, PA
Education
1978 BFA, Tyler School of Fine Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1973 Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, Erie, PA