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Biography
James Barry (11 October 1741 – 22 February 1806) was an Irish painter, best remembered for his six-part series of paintings entitled The Progress of Human Culture in the Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London. Because of his determination to create art according to his own principles rather than those of his patrons, he is also noted for being one of the earliest romantic painters working in Britain, though as an artist few rated him highly until the fully comprehensive 1983 exhibition at the Tate Gallery led to a reassessment of this "notoriously belligerent personality", who emerges as one of the most important Irish Neoclassical artists. He was also a profound influence on William Blake.
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James Barry King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia
1786–8 -
James Barry Satan, Sin and Death
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James Barry The Temptation of Adam
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James Barry Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida
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James Barry Philoctetes in the Island of Lemnos
1777–1808 -
James Barry The Birth of Venus
1776–1808 -
James Barry The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom
1776–1808 -
James Barry The Distribution of Premiums in the Society of Arts
first published 1792
Artist as subject
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James Barry Self-Portrait, Three Quarters to Left
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: Notes on Perspective and Art History, from Matthew Pilkington and James Barry
c.1809
Features
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Art Term
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism was a particularly pure form of classicism that emerged from about 1750
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Art Term
Romanticism
Term in use by the early nineteenth century to describe the movement in art and literature distinguished by a new …
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Tate Papers
William Blake’s 1809 Exhibition
This paper introduces the 1809 London exhibition that William Blake organised of his own works, exploring its high ambition and …
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Tate Papers
An Alternative National Gallery: Blake’s 1809 Exhibition and the Attack on Evangelical Culture
This essay suggests that Blake’s 1809 exhibition was haunted by the memory of the Irish painter James Barry (1741–1806) and …
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