Gladys Barron

Gladys Caroline Barron née Logan (1884–1967) was an English sculptor and painter renowned for her portraiture.[1][2]

Personal life

Barron was born in Bengal, India, to Ismay Bellew Adams and Maxwell Beckett Logan.[3] She returned to England during childhood, spending some early years in St Albans and studying in London before moving to Scotland.[1][3][4]

Logan studied under Gertrude Bayes (née Smith) at the St John's Wood Art School in London.[3][4] She married Evan Barron (1879–1965), historian and owner and editor of The Inverness Courier newspaper.[5][6] They lived at Westerlea House, owned by Gladys Barron until her death in 1967 when it was bought and converted into a hotel.[6]

Artwork

Barron exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1925 to 1964.[3][2] From 1946 to 1953 she exhibited at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.[3][2] Barron was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, exhibiting from at least 1931 with the bronze bust William Lawrence, Esq. to 1959 with Jawi, North Borneo, also a bronze bust.[7][8] Barron may have exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1912 with the bronze sculpture Echo under her maiden name, 'G. Logan'.[9]

Gladys Barron was the first President of the Art Society of Inverness upon its founding in 1944.[5]

Works held in public collections

Title Year Medium Gallery no. Gallery Location
Ann Baron 1960s bronzed plaster INVMG.1992.021 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Inverness, Scotland
Crucifix 1966 bronze & wood INVMG.1978.256.001 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Inverness, Scotland
Dyak Boy 1950 clay NARLI 20361 Nairn Museum Nairn, Scotland
Earl of Moray c.1960 clay NARLI 2203.1 Nairn Museum Nairn, Scotland
Evan Macleod Barron 1963 painted plaster INVMG.1991.152.001 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Inverness, Scotland
Head of an Indian Soldier 1960s clay NARLI 20360 Nairn Museum Nairn, Scotland
John MacDonald (1886–1970) - bronze ABDUA:30479 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland
Jonathan Warre of Dalcross 1960s painted plaster INVMG.1978.256.002 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Inverness, Scotland
Kikuki c.1960 clay NARLI 2203.2 Nairn Museum Nairn, Scotland
Neil Gunn, 1891 - 1973. Novelist - plaster PG 2783 National Galleries of Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland
Sir Alexander Malcolm MacEwan (1875–1941) 1934 (exhibited) bronze ITH_ARTUK_07 Inverness Town House Inverness, Scotland
Sir Murdoch Macdonald (1868–1957), KCMG - bronze ITH_ARTUK_12 Inverness Town House Inverness, Scotland
Sir Thomas Murray Taylor (1897–1962), CBE, FRSE, DD, LLD 1962 or before bronze ABDUA:30158 University of Aberdeen Aberdeen, Scotland
Tom Johnson, Freeman of Inverness 1966 painted plaster INVMG.1978.256.003 Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Inverness, Scotland

References

  1. ^ a b "Gladys Caroline Barron". www.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Mrs Gladys Caroline Barron - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sara Gray (2019). British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River. ISBN 978 1 911121 63 3.
  4. ^ a b "BARRON Gladys Caroline 1884-1967 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Art Society of Inverness | HISTORY". www.artinverness.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "History of the Westerlea Hotel - Accommodation Nairn, Stay Highlands". Westerlea Hotel. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  7. ^ "The exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1931. The 163rd. | Exhibition Catalogues | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ^ "The exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1959. The 191st. | Exhibition Catalogues | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  9. ^ "The exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1912. The 144th. | Exhibition Catalogues | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2020.