Hugh Barron

Hugh Barron

Hugh Barron (c. 1746 – 1791) was an English portrait painter and amateur musician.[1]

Life

Barron was the son of an apothecary in Soho, London, and became a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. After leaving Reynolds' studio he set off for Italy by way of Lisbon, where he stopped for some time and painted portraits. In 1771-2 he was in Rome. Returning to London he settled in Leicester Square, and exhibited some portraits at the Royal Academy in 1782-3 and 1786. However, his later work did not fulfil the promise of his youth, and he never approached the quality of work of his teacher.[2] His painting The Children of George Bond of Ditchleys (1768) is in the collection of the Tate Gallery.[3]

Mezzotints by Valentine Green were published after Barron's portraits of John Swan and George Bridges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.[4]

He was a good violinist, considered the best amateur performer of his time.[2] He died in the autumn of 1791, aged about forty-five.[2]

He is the elder brother of the painter William Augustus Barron.

References

  1. ^ "Barron, Hugh". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. p. 296.
  2. ^ a b c Bryan 1886
  3. ^ "The Children of George Bond of Ditchleys". Tate Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Hugh Barron (1745-1791), Painter". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

Sources

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Barron, Hugh". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.