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Robert C. Barnfield (1856–1893) was an English painter who was born in Gloucester. 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.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnfield, Robert C. 1856 births 1893 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters British emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century English male artists
Robert C. Barnfield (1856–1893) was an English painter who was born in Gloucester. 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 Bishop Museum
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1889, it is the lar ...
(Honolulu), the Honolulu Museum of Art and ʻIolani Palace are among the public collections holding paintings by Robert C. Barnfield./ref>
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
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Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barnfield, Robert C. 1856 births 1893 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters British emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century English male artists