Esprit Barthet (6 October 1919 – 4 July 1999) was an artist born in

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on 6 October 1919. Son of Camillo and Guzeppina Grixti. He started art studies in Valletta, at the Government School of Arts. He went to Rome where he attended the Regia Accademia di Belle Arti and later to England, at the Academy of Arts in Bath. In the early 1950s he started experimenting with cubism and the abstract. Much of his work can be admired in public places, Government Departments and in many private collections in Malta and abroad. In 1944, he married Teresa Borg and had six children. He died on 4 July 1999. There is a street named after him: 'Triq Esprit Barthet' in Swieqi, Malta. Triq means street in Maltese.

Training

*1932 - School of Arts,

1932 Under Robert and Edward Caruana Dingli *1938-1939 - Accademia d'Belle Arti,

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Under Carlo Siviero *1947 - Academy of Arts in Bath Corsham, Wiltshire,

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Style

Portraits; Romantic Tradition;

cubism Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...

; abstract

Awards

He was awarded the title of Knight of the Italian Republic by the Italian Government and also invested as a member of the Order of St. John.

Paintings

Portraits

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Dr. Francesco Buhagiar 1923-1924 (Oil on Canvas - 127x100cm) *

Dr. Enrico Mizzi 1950 (Oil on Canvas - 122x92cm) *

Dr. Gorg Borg Olivier 1950-1955 and 1962-1971 (Oil on Canvas - 122x91cm) *

Dr. Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (Oil on Canvas - 80x95cm) *

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Dr. Vincent Tabone (Oil on Canvas - 118x75cm) * Attorney General of Malta Dr. Anthony Borg Barthet (Oil on Canvas - 100x75cm) * Governor-General of Malta Sir Maurice Dorman (Oil on Canvas - 184x122cm)

Rooftops

Barthet is also known for his abstract rooftops.

National School of Art

Parliament established the National School of Art in the 1920s. During the reconstruction period that followed the Second World War, the emergence of the " Modern Art Group", whose members included Josef Kalleya (1898–1998), George Preca (1909–1984), Anton Inglott (1915–1945), Emvin Cremona (1919–1986), Frank Portelli (1922-2004), Antoine Camilleri (1922-2005) and Esprit Barthet (1919–1999) greatly enhanced the local art scene.

References

*https://web.archive.org/web/20111007144223/https://opm.gov.mt/prev-prime-ministers *Esprit Barthet, Portraits by: Dennis Vella (Malta, National Museum of Fine Arts, 2000) *http://www.baacorsham.co.uk/adatabase.htm Bath Academy of Art Corsham Alumni *Esprit Barthet (1919–1999): A Critical Evaluation of His Artistic Development, By: Nicoline Sagona B.A.(Hons) History of Art June 2001 Dissertation

External links

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