Background
Barnett, Tom P. was born on February 11, 1870 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of George I. and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Barnett.
Barnett, Tom P. was born on February 11, 1870 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of George I. and Elizabeth (Armstrong) Barnett.
Studied architecture under father and painting under Paul Cornoyer.
Awarded gold medal for architecture, Saint Louis Exposition, 1904. Bronze medal for architecture and painting, Portland Exposition, 1905. Awarded 5 first Ives landscape prizes, Saint Louis Artists’ Guild, 1914-1925.
Scott memorial prize, from same, 1918.
First architectural prize, Cook County Court House, Chicago. Saint Louis Art League group prize, 1921, 25.
Town Club purchase prize, Saint Louis, 1922. Honorable mention The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1922.
Saint Louis Chamber Commerce prize, 1922, 24.
Missouri State Fair purchase prize, 1925. 1st prize, “Saint Louis in Colors,” competition given by Post-Dispatch, Saint Louis. Art League prize, 1926.
1st prize for best group of pictures, Saint Louis Artists’ Guild, 1927.
Decorations in State Capitol, Jefferson City, Missoury. Paintings on permanent exhibition in Saint Louis Museum Fine Arts, Saint Louis Public Library, et cetera
Home: Saint Louis, Missouri
Married Mary Mitchell, 1914.