Thomas R. Barrett
1927 Born in New York City
1948 BA Wesleyan University
1948-50 Brooklyn Museum School (Max Beckmann, Ralston Crawford)
1950 onward paints in Maine
1969-89 Gallery founder & director, Art Center in Hargate,
St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
2009 Dies in Blue Hill, Maine
Selected Exhibitions (S indicates Solo or 2-person exhibition)
1950 Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME (S)
1951,1954 Margaret Brown Gallery, Boston, MA (S)
1952 “American Drawings and Watercolors”, Metropolitan Museum, NYC
1953 Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1970 Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME (S)
Lamont Gallery, Phillips Academy, Exeter, NH (S)
1972 DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1974 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
1976 Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (S) (with Leni Mancuso)
1977 University of Maine, Orono (S) (with Leni Mancuso)
1983 Brazleton-van Buren Gallery, Cambridge, MA (S)
1987 Manchester Institute of Arts, Manchester, NH (S)
1989 Blackthorne Gallery, Portsmouth, NH (S) (with Leni Mancuso)
1994 Le Va-tout Gallery, Waldoboro, ME (S)
1997 “Maine at Work”, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
1999 “Harbor Improv”, CMCA, Rockport, ME (S)
2003 “The Barretts”, Galerie am neuen Palais, Potsdam, Germany
2004 “Madockawando: Images Beyond Time”, Abbe Museum,
Bar Harbor, ME (S)
2006 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME (S)
2017 Gallery B, Castine, ME (S) (with Leni Mancuso)
2018 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
Crumpacker Gallery, St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
Collections & Awards (selection):
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Portland Museum of Art,
Portland, ME; US Dept. of State, Washington, DC; Currier Gallery of Art Prize (1978, 1982),
DeKalb Prize (1975), City of Manchester Award (1977)
