H. Walter Barnett b. 25 January 1862

  • Artist (Photographer)
A professional photographer working in Australia and Europe in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century, Barnett was arguably Australia's first world-class portrait photographer. His sitters included Mark Twain, Sarah Bernhardt and many artistic Australians - Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Phil May among them.
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exhibited at
Legends: The Art of Walter Barnett
Date
2000
Place
State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW and National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
Mirror with a memory: Photographic portraiture in Australia
Date
2000
Place
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Working men of Dieppe
Date
1921
Place
Barnett's studio, Dieppe, France
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Warriors All: Exhibition of Portraits of Officers of the British, Overseas and Allied Forces and Ladies Engaged in War Work
Date
1917
Place
London, England, UK
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: Ennis, Helen (2000), 'Mirror with a memory', National Portrait Gallery catalogue, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: Neill, Robert (2000), 'Legends: The art of Walter Barnett', National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT.>, <ExternalResource: (2000), '"Better portraits than those of any painter" : Walter Barnett and his circle', World of Art and Antiques, 60th edition, Dec 2000 - Jun 2001, pp. 40-45.>]