George Barret
1728 – 1784
Irish painter. The son of a tailor, he first trained as a staymaker but then found work colouring prints for Silcock, a publisher in Dublin. In 1747 he was awarded first prize at the Dublin Society's School, where he studied under Robert West.
3 artworks in collection
Works
Museum
Landscape with a Watermill
Private collection
Landscape with an Approaching Shower
Private collection
Wooded Landscape
Private collection