François Pierre Barry

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After the Shipwreck
Egyptian Caravan, Dahesh Museum of Art

François-Pierre-Bernard Barry (13 May 1813, Marseille – 3 September 1905, Saint-Laurent-du-Var) was a French painter who specialized in maritime scenes.

Biography

He was born to a family of modest means. After completing his primary studies, he worked as a hairdresser for several years, while drawing and painting as a hobby. He eventually decided to enter the

marine painter
.

His origins in Marseille led to him to prefer maritime and nautical scenes, which came naturally to him. Two of his scenes were awarded third-class medals at the Salon, the very same year he first arrived in Paris.

In 1853, he was elected a member of the

Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Ferdinand de Lesseps and Jules Charles-Roux. He executed several paintings that provide an invaluable record of the canal and life in its vicinity. He made another trip to Egypt in 1865, this time visiting Alexandria
, where he mingled with traders from Marseille.

After his retirement to Saint-Laurent-du-Var, he continued to paint landscapes of

Legion of Honor.[1]
After a long period of inactivity, he died at his home, aged ninety-two.

His works may be seen throughout France and at the Dahesh Museum of Art in New York.

References

  1. Base Leonore
    .

Further reading

  • Jean Chélini, Félix Reynaud et al., Dictionnaire des Marseillais, Edisud, 2001
    ISBN 2-7449-0254-3

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