Doris Barnes b. 1897

  • Artist (Photographer)
Interested in photography from a young age, Barnes exhibited her work in Adelaide and in England. A member of the Adelaide Camera Club, she built her own darkroom in the family garden and developed her own coloured slides.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1999
Name
Doris Barnes
Birth date
1897
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Residence
  • c.1987- St. Peters, Adelaide, SA
Active Period
  • c.1913- c.1926
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

photographer, became interested in photography at the age of 16 when she received her first camera from her brother Gustave . Working from the family home at St Peters, she built a darkroom in the garden and even developed her own coloured slides. She was a member of the Adelaide Camera Club and exhibited her work in Adelaide and England. Her 1926 photograph, The Close of Day (horses drinking), was purchased by the AGSA that year.

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Writers:
Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011
sibling of
Gustave Barnes
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Gustave Barnes
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
sibling of
Gustav Adrian Barnes
1877
Artist, Artist (Painter)
associate of
Adelaide Camera Club
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
The Close of Day
Date
1926
Collections
Half the Sky: An exhibition of works on paper by Australian women artists
1985
Exhibition (exhibited at)
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Travelling exhibition
Citations:
  • Clearihan, Susan, (1985), Half the Sky: An exhibition of works on paper by Australian women artists, (Place: Art Gallery of South Australia catalogue, Adelaide, SA, p. 7.)