This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The following information is from Mark F. Pomerantz:
Born in Fitchburg, MA 1903-Died in Fitchburg, MA 1990.
Studied
at the Metropolitan School of Art (Gloucester summer school), School of
the Museum of Fine Arts- Boston, Massachusetts Normal School of Art, Charles
Woodbury School (Ogonquit), Grand Central Art School (NYC),
Hoffmanschule (Munich, Capri).
Private lessons with Phillip Leslie
Hale, Henry Webster Rice, Gifford Beal, William Lester Stevens.
Operated Barton Photography Studio Fitchburg, MA, Occupational Therapist MA Dept. of Mental Diseases to 1970.
J.F. Murphy Prize for best work by artist under 40 (National Academy of Design-1929).
Museum
one-man shows: Fitchburg Art Museum 1929, Frye Art Museum, Seattle,
2000.
Exhibitions: Casson Gallery Boston 1927, Milch Gallery, (NYC),
Alfred J Walker Fine Arts, Boston (1989), Rockport Art Association
(1989), Jane Law-LBI Gallery (NJ) 1990, Marabella Gallery (NYC) 1991
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Biography from Williams American Art Galleries:
| A painter of Impressionist marine views and landscapes, Donald Barton, born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1903, was especially noted for his scenes of fishing boats in Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts. He traveled in 1927 to Europe and North Africa, and in 1928 to New Mexico and Arizona, where he painted pueblo Indians and the Grand Canyon.
By 1935, he turned much of his energy to a job as occupational therapist at the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and to photography because he needed to support his family financially. He operated Barton Photography Studio in Fitchburg and worked as an occupational therapist for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Diseases to 1970.
Many of his canvases were stored for years in the barn of his home in Fitchburg, and were rediscovered in 1987 by a city planner from Boston and were subsequently exhibited in Boston and New Jersey. Thus, he earned attention for his painting talents just before his death in 1990.
Studied
Metropolitan School of Art
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1922-25 with Philip Hale and Michael Jacobs
Privately with Gifford Beal, Henry Webster Rice and William Lester Stevens
Charles Woodbury School, Ogonquit, Maine
With A. T. Hibbard in Rockport, 1923
Massachusetts Normal School of Art
Grand Central Art School, New York City, 1925-26
Hans Hoffman in Munich and Capri, c. 1926
Member
Rockport Art Association, 1923
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Exhibited
Dallas Art Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Rockport Art Association, 1923-24, 1989 (solo)
The Casson Gallery, Boston, Maine, 1927
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia Watercolor Show), 1930
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2000
Milch Gallery, New York City
Jane Law’s Long Beach Gallery, 1990
National Academy of Design, 1931 (prize)
Fitchburg Art Museum, 1931, 1932 (solo)
American Watercolor Society, 1931-32 (prize)
Alfred Walker Gallery of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989
Kollar & Davidson Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Marbella Gallery, New York City, 1992
References
Falk (ed.), Annual Exhibition Record, 1901-1950 National Academy of Design
Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975
Mallett, Mallett’s Index of Artists: International-Biographical
Opitz (ed.), Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers Dunbier (ed.), The Artists Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
Spanierman Gallery (ed.), Art for the New Collector, Re-Emerging American Artists
Spanierman Gallery, Art for the New Collector 1840-2001
Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art, Artists Active 1898-1947
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Biography from Spanierman Gallery:
| A painter of Impressionist marine views and landscapes, Donald Barton
was especially noted for his scenes of fishing boats in Gloucester and
Rockport, Massachusetts. He also traveled in 1927 to Europe and
North Africa, and in 1928 to New Mexico and Arizona, where he painted
pueblo Indians and the Grand Canyon.
By 1935, he turned much
of his energy to a job as occupational therapist at the Massachusetts
Department of Mental Health and to photography because he need to
support his family financially.
Many of his canvases were
stored for years in the barn of his home in Fitchburg, and were
rediscovered in 1987 by a city planner from Boston and were
subsequently exhibited in Boston and New Jersey. Thus, he earned
attention for his painting talents just before his death in 1990.
Source:
Spanierman Galleries, LLC, "Art for the New Collector, II"
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