James Barr ARSA, DA
Born 6 April 1911
Died 6 January 1969
Active: 1931 - 1969
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Glasgow. He left school with no qualifications but a fine drawing talent. Barr then secured a job as an assistant for Benno Schotz (mixing clay, preparing materials) and eventually became a student and then a lecturer. His commissions included some wood panels in the smoke room of an ocean liner; several war memorials, among them Fraserburgh; and six panels on the National Library of Scotland, 1958. Barr specialised in relief portraits, and his sitters included Dr Soddie, University of Glasgow and posthumous portrayals of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Andrew Bonar-Law for the High School, Glasgow. He died suddenly, on return from the first day back at Glasgow School of Art following the Christmas break.
This record incorporates information provided by his son, Colin Barr.
Works
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Jacob Goldman, Esq.
1931 (Circa)
Contemplation
1934
Head study
1935
Young dancers
1936
Head study
1936
Eve
1938
Diana
1938
Kvinde
1939
The beginning
1946
The apple
1947
Lesley
1949
Young bather
1950
Locations
Address 60 Saltoun Street Glasgow | View on map
1946
1949d.
Address 13 McLellan Street Glasgow | View on map
1931 (Circa) - 1933 (Circa)
p. 96
Address 18 Mosspark Square Glasgow | View on map
1933 (Presumed) - 1946
Address 104 Berkeley Street Glasgow | View on map
1949 - 1958
And then at 56 Randolph Road, Glasgow, 1958-69
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Eighth, 1934
'Contemplation'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Ninth, 1935
'Head study'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Tenth, 1936
'Head study'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twelfth, 1938
'Diana'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twentieth, 1946
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-First, 1947
'The apple'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third, 1949
'Lesley'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Fourth, 1950
'Young bather'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
'Jacob Goldman, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1939
'Kvinde'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Eighty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1948
'Lesley'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Ninetieth Annual Exhibition, 1951
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Awarded commendation for diploma in sculpture by The Glasgow School of Art
1933 - 1934
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1963
Member of council The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
1951 (Circa)
Received prize from The Royal Scottish Academy
1936
Awarded Carnegie Travelling Scholarship
Teacher of sculpture at The Glasgow School of Art
1951 (Circa)
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant to Benno Schotz
Nominated by Alexander Carrick
1939
Seconded by Proudfoot and Schotz
Sources
Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1951
1951
Photograph of council members
Prospectus of The Glasgow School of Art, Session 1933-34
1933
p. 60
Prospectus of The Glasgow School of Art, Session 1951-52
1951
The Royal Scottish Academy Nomination Forms for Associateship Rank. 1931-1941
p. 88
Citing this record
'James Barr ARSA, DA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1204105452, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
