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Herbert Page Barringer (1886 – 12 August 1946) was an Australian watercolour artist.

Biography

Barringer was born in North Adelaide on 22 November 1886, the child of Leonard Barringer and his wife Fanny ( née Page). His older sister, Ethel Barringer, was another painter. He married Gwendoline L'Avence Adamson, also a watercolourist, in North Adelaide on 18 Nov 1910. [1] They divorced in 1937. [2]

Barringer painted Australian landscapes and was active in the 1920s and 1930s.

He died in South Australia on 12 August 1946 and a memorial exhibition of his work was held in Adelaide later that year. [3]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Family Notices". The Advertiser. Vol. LIII, no. 16, 269. Adelaide. 7 December 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 17 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Undefended Divorce Actions". The Chronicle (Adelaide). South Australia. 15 July 1937. p. 45. Retrieved 20 March 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Exhibition of Watercolors". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 10 December 1946. p. 4.