Timothy Barr

Timothy Barr, Cisco Sunset, 2022, Oil on panel, 24 x 24 inches
Timothy Barr, Cisco Sunset, 2022, Oil on panel, 24 x 24 inches

Exhibitions

News

Museum Acquisition

February 18, 2023

Timothy Barr acquired by Reading Public Museum

View the Article →

Timothy Barr Featured in American Art Collector Magazine

September 28, 2022

American Art Collector - October 2022 / Issue 204

View the Article →
Timothy Barr, Cape Primrose, 2021, Oil on panel, 27 x 30 inches

Timothy Barr and Somerville Manning Gallery in American Art Collector Magazine

March 25, 2022

March 2022 / Issue 197

View the Article →

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!

View the Article →

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.

View the Article →

About

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

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