
Junk in Portobello Road exhibited 1938
Walter Durac Barnett (1876–1961)
Bradford Museums and Galleries
Painter, born in Leeds, where he attended the School of Art, also Wrexham and Lambeth Schools of Art, the latter under Innes Fripp, 1896–1900, where he won a medal and scholarship. During World War I served in Artists’ Rifles. Exhibited RA, RP, ROI, NS, Goupil Gallery and in the provinces. Was a member of the Artists of Chelsea, a group living in or connected with that part of London. Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, holds his work. Lived in London.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)