Barrington Tabb
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Barrington Tabb RWA was born in 1934 in Almondsbury
, Barrington has lived his whole life in and around Bristol
.
Barrington left school early to help support his family when his father fell ill, working as an engineering inspector most of his life.
Entirely self taught after a short taste of art school, Barrington has painted prolifically since young. His great interest in the French Impressionists and respect for the primitive painters is apparent in his individual and personal paintings of the docks, streets, pubs and parks of Bristol.
Throughout the 1950s he exhibited at the Clifton Arts Club and in 1976 in Davos
, Switzerland
. His paintings have been exhibited regularly at the RWA Autumn exhibitions and also with the Bath Society of Artists. He has had several solo shows with Anthony Hepworth Fine Art in Bath as well as with the Christopher Hull Gallery and Sue Rankin Galleries in London. In 1997 he had a solo show at the Black Swan Guild in Frome.
Barrington has exhibited widely, and is a member of the Royal West of England Academy
(RWA).
Almondsbury
Almondsbury is a large village near junction 16 of the M5 motorway, in South Gloucestershire, England.-Description:The village is split by a steep hill, part of the escarpment overlooking the Severn floodplain. At the bottom of the hill is Lower Almondsbury where a pub and hotel, The Bowl Inn, is...
, Barrington has lived his whole life in and around Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
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Barrington left school early to help support his family when his father fell ill, working as an engineering inspector most of his life.
Entirely self taught after a short taste of art school, Barrington has painted prolifically since young. His great interest in the French Impressionists and respect for the primitive painters is apparent in his individual and personal paintings of the docks, streets, pubs and parks of Bristol.
Throughout the 1950s he exhibited at the Clifton Arts Club and in 1976 in Davos
Davos
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. His paintings have been exhibited regularly at the RWA Autumn exhibitions and also with the Bath Society of Artists. He has had several solo shows with Anthony Hepworth Fine Art in Bath as well as with the Christopher Hull Gallery and Sue Rankin Galleries in London. In 1997 he had a solo show at the Black Swan Guild in Frome.
Barrington has exhibited widely, and is a member of the Royal West of England Academy
Royal West of England Academy
The Royal West of England Academy is an art gallery where Queens Road meets Whiteladies Road, in Bristol, England.- History :The Academy was the first art gallery in Bristol. Its foundation was financed by a bequest of £2000 in the will of Ellen Sharples in 1849, and a group of artists in...
(RWA).