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Barnaby Fitzgerald
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Biography

Fitzgerald divides his time between teaching and painting in the United States, and painting and video work in Togo, West Africa, and Umbria, Central Italy.

He has shown in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and New York City. Currently he is represented by Meredith Long & Co., Houston, and Valley House Gallery in Dallas, TX.

In 1979 he was a fellow of the Cargo Foundation in Cassis, France, to paint and draw for a year the landscapes of Provence.

In 1985 he won a cash award from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, New York City.

His work is in the Yale Print Collection, the Fine Art Museum of Houston and other museums.

Education

M.F.A. Painting and Printmaking, Yale University, 1983;
B.F.A. Painting, Boston University, 1976;
Attended Museum School, Boston, 1974;
Diploma di Magistero in Printmaking at the ‘Scuola del Libro’ (Istituto d’Arte Statale Urbino, Italy), 1974;
Attended Goacchino Rossini Conservatory, 1972, and studied Musical Composition with Mario Bertoncini, 1973

Publications

Judith Segura, ‘ Barnaby Fitzgerald, A Life in Art,’ Langdon Review, Fall 2007

TEX! Writers Garrett, Two paintings for decoration, Spring 2006

Elaine Rogers,”Perfect Pitch,” Dallas /Fort Worth House & Home magazine, February 2005

Rainer Schulte, Editor “Translation review,” The University of Texas at Dallas, selection of drawings, 2005

Michael Ennis, “The Barrett Collection,” Meadows Museum Exhibition Catalogue, November 2004

Steve Carter, “Enigmatically yours: explore the pre postmodern beauty of..,” Dallas Home Design magazine,  February 2004

Susan White, “Portrait of an artist,” SMU Research Magazine, Vol 2, July 2004

Valley House Gallery 50th Anniversary Catalogue, February 2004

Norman Lundin, “The Perception of Appearance” Exhibition Catalogue, Frye Art Museum, June 2002

Denise Getson, “Legends and Scenarios,” Artlies Magazine, Winter 2001

Janet Kutner, “Mythical Dimensions,” Dallas Morning News, November 2000

Mariana Greene, “ Lady of the Lake: Texas Traditional Grand, not Grandiose,” Home Living, February 2000

Peter Lubin, “Temperatures of Light,” Barnaby Fitzgerald, Catalogue of Paintings, Valley House Gallery, October 6, 2000

Brian Wooley, “Barnaby Fitzgerald,” High Profile, Dallas Morning News, December 1999

Mike Daniel, “Go Figure,” Dallas Morning News, September 1998

Doris Athineos, “Texas Triumphs," Traditional Home, November 1998

Michael Kimmelman, “Salander O’Reilly Exhibition,” New York Times, August 1997

Janet Kutner, “The Art of Collecting,” Dallas Morning News, 1997

Catherine Cuellar, “Lightness and Perfection,” Dallas Morning News, 1997

Christina Duggins, “The Arlington Museum Challenges,” Art Net Dallas, 1996

Kevin J. Shay,”Texas Realism with a Twist,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram Star Time, October1996

Janet Tyson,”New Texas Artists Get Real,”  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 1996

“Artista Americano Dipinge Maesta Lungo La Strada,” La Nazione Arezzo, Italy, November 1993

“Le piu belle case d’Italia,” Archinvolta Architecture Magazine, Italy 1993

Nanni Manara, “Landscape with Figures,” Casa-vogue, Italy 1992

Roger Winter, “On Drawing: Giulia Charcoal on Paper,” Collegiate Press, 1991

Janet Kutner, ”Allegory is the Story,” The Dallas Morning News,  1991

7th Armory Regiment Show, “The Moon and the Frittata” Catalogue, Courtesy Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX,1991

Sherry French, “Tradition of Caritas in Contemporary Painting,” Sherry French Gallery, N.Y.C., 1989

Joan Davidow.,“Paradise Renamed,”,Detour Magazine, Dallas, TX, 1989

Manlio Cancogni,”Troppi Pennelli per Soho: La Pittura di Barnaby Fitzgerald,” Il Giornale, Milan, Italy, 1988

Susan Chadwick, “Barnaby Fitzgerald at Meredith Long,” The Houston Post , Houston, TX, 1988

Janet Kutner, “Mattingly Baker Exhibition of Barnaby Fitzgerald,”The Dallas Times Herald, Dallas, TX, 1986

Malcom Preston,”Realist Visions By American Painters in Italy,” Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., 1985

Claire Nicholas White, “Triumph of Good Schooling,”,The Village Herald, Long Island, N.Y., 1985

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