Edward Herbert Barnard was born in Belmont, Massachusetts in 1855 and died in Westerly, Massachusetts in 1909. Barnard is considered a landscape painter in styles ranging from representational to impressionist.

In 1877, Barnard began his formal studies in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, where he was in the first class.

From 1885 to 1889, Barnard studied in Paris at the Académie Julian with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre.

Exhibition venues included the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Art Club and the National Academy of Design. In Boston from 1890 to 1899, he had a studio in the Harcourt Building. He was a member of the St. Botolph Club and the Boston Water Color Club. From 1890 to 1899, he was a teacher at Bradford College.

Museum:
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE

Literature:
"Picturing Chatham American Landscape Painting 1882-1971", Chatham Historical Society, page 48
"American Paintings: 1860-1940", Greer, Gina; Andrea Smith
"Gallery Tranquil America: A Century of Painting, 1840-1940", Editor, Spanierman No
"Boston Art Club: 1855-1950", Jarzombek, Nancy Allyn, page 88
"Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975", Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor), 3 Vols, page 3724
"Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair", Carr, Carolyn K., page 408
"Pfeil Collection Masterworks of American Impressionism", Gerdts, William H., page 282
"American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery", Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, page 79

Source:
Ask Art
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"

Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton