Barnett, Isa
Isa Barnett (December 31, 1922 - March 4, 2001) was an American artist, illustrator, and teacher. Born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, Barnett grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Northeast High School in 1940. After graduation he attended the Fleisher Art School and the Philadelphia Museum School of Art before being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War II. He served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in Europe and then returned to school after the war. Later, he worked as a free-lance artist while teaching at the Philadelphia Museum School and the Moore College of Art. He visited New Mexico for the first time in 1951 and fell in love with the region. From then on, he split his time between Pennsylvania and New Mexico. Over the course of his career, Barnett produced work in numerous kinds of media, including acrylic, charcoal, oil, pen and ink, watercolor, bronze, marble, and lithography. His works appeared in National Geographic, Life, Reader's Digest, the Saturday Evening Post, and more. He submitted a series of twelve painting of the life of Abraham Lincoln to the 1964 New York World's Fair. These paintings are now part of the collection at the Gettysburg Museum. He also produced work for the Franklin Mint, including several large series of medals. He married his wife Annette Edelson Barnett in 1946 with whom he had three children.
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