Artist

Gerard Barry

born Carrigtwohill, Ireland 1864-died Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France 1941, active USA 1888-ca. 1930
Also known as
  • William Gerard Barry
  • Gerrard Barry
Born
Carrigtwohill, Ireland
Died
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
Active in
  • New York, United States
  • Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

William Gerard Barry grew up in County Cork, Ireland. He studied in Paris with the society portraitist Carolus-Duran, who had also taught the American painter John Singer Sargent. Barry worked briefly in London and in 1888 moved to Chicago to establish a studio. The Chicago Daily Tribune announced on his arrival that he “brings here the accomplishments of the most celebrated ateliers of Paris, the approval of the Salon jury, and the applause of the London public.”