Light and shadow are two elements that could aptly describe the Victorian Age in England. Industrial progress brought positive change to British society. An empire developed whose influence was felt worldwide. Education was to be open to all levels of society and provide good life bonds. Only the smoking chimneys of the factories caused doubt. Those who could retreated from the smoke-filled streets and escaped into a world that left out the dirty aspects of industry. Literature enticed with stories and most notably Charles Dickens drew the reading public to the drawing rooms. The stories were artfully illustrated and supported the desire to leave the real world for a short time. Artist Robert Barnes fulfilled the harmonious need with his genre paintings and illustrations and gained international recognition.
Art in the early part of the Victorian era was shaped by the Royal Academy of Arts. Its founder and long-time chairman Joshua Reynolds shaped the artistic path of British painting and his influence extended beyond his death. With industry, a new class of buyers developed for the country's artists. The middle classes had the financial means to furnish their homes with art. These were to be works that transposed reality in the Pre-Raphaelite sense and reflected it. Pictures that were highly detailed without being idealized. Robert Barnes devoted himself to painting everyday scenes. He painted in watercolor and mastered the art of lithography. They are often children and family scenes, showing the figures engaged in everyday activities. Children at play, at school or with their parents and grandparents. The faces full of emotion are striking. Girls whose facial expressions clearly show their reluctance to sew, or schoolchildren who face serious situations with childish impudence. They are charming figures. Regardless of whether the artist captures life on the city streets and depicts a family country idyll.
Robert Barnes has created a world seemingly made of affection and love. His works depict subjects far removed from the ideal landscapes and portraits that defined painting. The pictorial interpretations of everyday life that Barnes presents always show a nuance of humor. There is often only a hair's breadth between humour and irony. The lithographs of Robert Barnes are entertaining, they are a delight for the eye that can discover so much here at second glance. The Victorian era, however, was also a time of social criticism. How close to reality the representations are and how strongly the critical aspect flows into the works of Robert Barnes, that may remain the secret of the artist.
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.jpg "The Main Street in Johannesburg, South Africa by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Water Bicycles on the Lake in the Central Park, New York by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease: The Edinburgh Ward by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Anniversary of the Little Boys")
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.jpg "Innocence and Crime, a Scene in the Garden of the Convict Prison at Portland by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Paradise Gardens, London, Candidates for the Aid of the Children")
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.jpg "Nursery Tableaux for Children, the Sewing Lesson by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Brother Tying His Sister")
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.jpg "The London Flower Mission, Clerkenwell Close, London - Candidates for Employment by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Harmony at the Seaside, a Morning Performance by the Inevitable and Ever-Popular Troupe by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Church Parade at Brighton, a Blusterous Day by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball at the Mansion House by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Autumn at the Seaside, a Stormy Day on the Parade at Hastings by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The War in the East, Defensive Operations at Shanghai by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Sketches in the Royal Courts of Justice, a Common Jury by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Children")
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.jpg "The Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Gleaning for fuel in London, When the cat")
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.jpg "The Ascent of a Chinese Mountain by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Last Farewell, the Sandringham Tenants at the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Sandringham by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Invalid Children")
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.jpg "Mother and Children by a Beehive, pub. 1854 by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Primrose Day by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Instruction of Pauper Children in the South Metropolitan District School, Sutton by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The German Emperor")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1508650).jpg "Fireside Joys by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "A Novel Ambulance, Conveying a Sick Woman Down Mount Pilatus in a Sledge by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Toeing the Line, a Scene at One of the London Board Schools by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Christmas in Melbourne, a Chinese Pedlar Making Presents to his Customers by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Disastrous Fire at Forest Gate District School, the Relatives of the Victims at the Inquest by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Sketches in the Royal Courts of Justice, Admiralty Court by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Season at Brighton by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Sketches in the Royal Courts of Justice, a Special Jury by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Theatrical Mission, Macready House, Covent Garden by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The War in the East, Troops for the Front on their Way to Tong-Ku by the Only Railway in China by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Punch and Judy at the Seaside by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The War in the East, a Street Scene in Tokyo by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Printers")
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.jpg "The Holiday of an East-end Boys")
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.jpg "The London Flower Mission, Clerkenwell Close, London - Making artificial flowers by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Call Night in the Temple by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Miniature Madame Tussaud")
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.jpg "A Merry-Go-Round on the Ice by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Open Spaces for London by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Christmastide in Belgium, a Winter Scene at Bruges by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "His First Visit to the Barber")
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.jpg "The Queen")
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.jpg "The Schachnar War - the morning round by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "An Object-Lesson in Winter Campaigning, A Bivouac in the Snow of German Infantry by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "A Play Room for the Poor in Islington by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The May Day Festivities at St Mary Cray, Kent by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Season at Brighton by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Great Strike of Dock Labourers at the East End: Mr John Burns addressing the men on strike at the gates of the East and West India Docks by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "A Picturesque Wedding at Birmingham, Hospital Nurses as Bridesmaids at the Marriage of their Matron by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Left at Home to Fret and Pout by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Mother and Children Hanging Out the Washing, pub. 1854 by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Good Friday by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Reception at Glasgow of Private Rennie, the Winner of the Queen")
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.jpg "The Princess Beatrice down a Coal Mine by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The King of Spain")
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.jpg "Christmas Plays and Pantomimes by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Great Strike of Dock Labourers at the East End by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Royal Wedding, the Presents on View at the Imperial Institute by Robert Barnes")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1053202).jpg "A Concert at the Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Rawley")
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.jpg "Festival of the Royal Caledonian Asylum at Reigate by Robert Barnes")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1056098).jpg "Scene in the churchyard of St John")
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.jpg "Parted by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "Off to See the Old Year Out by Robert Barnes")
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.jpg "The Lord Mayor")
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