Artist

Barry Tinsley

born Roanoke, VA 1942
Born
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Active in
  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
Biography

Barry Tinsley spent his childhood in Roanoke, Virginia, and became fascinated with steel through his father, who maintained the railroad for the Norfolk and Western Railway. After receiving his bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Tinsley studied at the University of Iowa and received his MFA in 1968. Tinsley is well known for his large steel and concrete sculptures in museum, private, and corporate collections, including several works commissioned by Minneapolis-based Dayton Hudson Properties, now Target Corporation. Many of Tinsley's sculptures are located in the Midwest, especially Chicago, where the artist lives with his family and maintains his studio.

Works by this artist (1036 items)

William H. Johnson, Young Pastry Cook, ca. 1928-1930, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.693
Young Pastry Cook
Dateca. 1928-1930
oil on canvas
On view
William H. Johnson, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1935-1938, oil on burlap, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.814
Portrait of a Man
Dateca. 1935-1938
oil on burlap
On view
William H. Johnson, For India and China, ca. 1944-1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.662
For India and China
Dateca. 1944-1945
oil on paperboard
On view
William H. Johnson, Swearing in George Washington, ca. 1945, oil on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation, 1967.59.653
Swearing in George Washington
Dateca. 1945
oil on paperboard
On view

Exhibitions

Media - 1979.53.34 - SAAM-1979.53.34_2 - 134744
Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection
August 12, 2011March 4, 2012
Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection features twenty-five paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from 1960 to 1980, including works by Roger Brown, Leon Golub, Theodore Halkin, Vera Klement, Ellen Lanyon, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Barry Tinsley, and Ray