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Connor Barrett (artist)
Oliver O'Connor Barrett (17 January 1908 – July 1989), better known as Connor Barrett, was a British sculptor, painter, graphic artist, educator, poet and composer. Most of his adult career and recognition was in the United States. Life and art career Oliver O'Connor Barrett was born in Eltham, London, England on 17 January 1908. He studied at Fircroft College in England but was largely self-taught as a sculptor. In 1933, Barrett exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1937-38 he carved a panel, ''The Temptation of St. Anthony'' and fifteen keystones for a block of flats, called Viceroy Close, in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The work was designed and executed in the almost cartoonish manner that was to become one of the several styles that Barrett was comfortable in. In 1940 he moved to the United States where he settled with his family in New York City. In 1942 he exhibited at the New Orleans Art Center, in 1945 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and in 1946, 1948 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eltham, London
Eltham ( ) is a district of southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It is east-southeast of Charing Cross, and is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. The three wards of Eltham North, South and West have a total population of 35,459. 88,000 people live in Eltham. History Origins Eltham developed along part of the road from London to Maidstone, and lies almost due south of Woolwich. Mottingham, to the south, became part of the parish on the abolition of all extra-parochial areas, which were rare anomalies in the parish system. Eltham College and other parts of Mottingham were therefore not considered within Eltham's boundaries even before the 1860s. From the sixth century Eltham was in the ancient Lathe of Sutton at Hone. In the Domesday Book of 1086 its hundred was named ''Gren /vz'' (Greenwich), which by 1166 was renamed ''Blachehedfeld'' (Blackheath) because it had become the location of the annual or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
