Robert C. Barnfield (1856–1893) was an English painter who was born in

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. He trained in London as an architect, but relocated to New Zealand in 1883 because of his asthma. In 1885, he arrived in Honolulu aboard the ''Explorer''. He remained in Honolulu, where he painted and gave art lessons, until his death on 14 May 1893 at age 37. The

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are among the public collections holding paintings by Robert C. Barnfield.Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog
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References

* Forbes, David W., "Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941", Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 168, 171. * Severson, Don R., ''Finding Paradise: Island Art in Private Collections'', University of Hawaii Press, 2002, p. 84.

External links

Robert Barnfield in AskArt.com

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnfield, Robert C. 1856 births 1893 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters English emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century English male artists