Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton (b.1972) is best-known for her brightly colored, acrylic figural paintings; many of them show sober faces with large round eyes. Del Kathryn Barton's paintings depict the human form, and they're created with special attention to the emotional makeup of her subject. In 2008 and 2011, Del Kathryn Barton's artwork won the Archibald Prize from the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Her 2011 entry was a painting of famous actress Cate Blanchett and her children.
Female figures are the most prominent subjects among Del Kathryn Barton's paintings, especially mothers. Del Kathryn Barton's prints have become so popular that she was named one of Australia’s most collectible artists by Australia Art Collectors magazine. Highlight your interest in people, and add some of the breathtaking figural prints available online to your home gallery.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON born 1972 in the face of cosmic odds 2016 synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolour and ink on canvas signed and dated ‘- del kathryn barton - / 2016' lower left; inscribed '– in the face of cosmic odds–' lower centre; signed, dated and inscribed ‘- in the face of cosmic odds - / del kathryn barton / 2016' verso 240 x 180 cm frame: original, fX art + framing, Sydney (label verso) PROVENANCE Del Kathryn Barton, Sydney Ardnt Art Agency, Berlin Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 2016 EXHIBITED ARNDT, Art Basel Hong Kong, 24-26 March 2016 Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, Melbourne, 17 November 2017 – 12 March 2018, illustrated LITERATURE Pip Wallis with Peggy Frew, Del Kathryn Barton: The Highway is a Disco, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2017, pp. 81 (illustrated), 86-87 (illustrated), 119
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, ADELAIDE DEL KATHRYN BARTON born 1972 Feel the Earth, Deeply 2019 oil and synthetic polymer paint on linen in hand-painted artist's frame 102.0 x 81.5 cm; 109.5 x 89.0 cm (framed) signed lower centre: - del/ kathryn/ barton - dated and inscribed lower left: feel/ the/ earth, deeply/ 2019 -
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "To Love Like This" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 18/150. Painted in 2023. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "To Love Like This" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 18/150. Painted in 2023. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "To Love Like This" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 18/150. Painted in 2023. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "Wild Carrot Dream" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 19/25. Produced in 2015. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
§ DEL KATHRYN BARTON born 1972 skip to my lou, my darling 2017 synthetic polymer paint and spray paint on polyester canvas signed '- del / kathryn / barton -' lower centre left; dated and inscribed 'skip / to / my / lou / my / darling / 2017' lower centre right 100 x 80 cm frame: original, Del Kathryn Barton, Sydney PROVENANCE Del Kathryn Barton, Sydney Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2017 EXHIBITED soft river yr girl, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 6-28 October 2017
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "To Love Like This" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 18/150. Painted in 2023. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "Wild Carrot Dream" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 19/25. Produced in 2015. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "To Love Like This" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 18/150. Painted in 2023. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON "Wild Carrot Dream" Limited Edition Digital Giclee in Archival Pigments, 19/25. Produced in 2015. Artwork is framed and ready to hang.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) Those Eyes 2023 archival pigment print, edition 8/75 signed, titled, dated and numbered below image: 8/75 -those eyes- del Kathryn barton 2023 93 x 69.5cm (113 x 88cm framed)
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) to love like this 2023 archival pigment print, ed. 21/150 signed, titled, dated and numbered below image: 21/150 - to love like this - del kathryn barton 2023 75.5 x 124cm (83.5 x 132cm framed)
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) Angels 2001 pencil and pastel on paper signed, titled and dated lower centre: - angels -/ del kathryn barton/ 2001 76 x 57cm PROVENANCE: Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney Private collection, Melbourne Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 8 June 2021, lot 122 Private collection, Melbourne OTHER NOTES: Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) That's When I Was Another Tree 1 2007 lithograph, ed. 30/30 signed right edge: del kathryn barton titled and editioned right edge 107 x 76cm; frame size: 124.5 x 92.5cm PROVENANCE: Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2008 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Del Kathryn Barton | The Whole of Everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, 5 March - 5 April 2008 (another example) LITERATURE: Butler, R., Printed: Images by Australian Artists 1942-2020, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2021, p. 358 (illus., another example) OTHER NOTES: Another example of the print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) That's When I Was Another Tree 2 2007 lithograph, ed. 30/30 signed lower right: del kathryn barton titled and editioned lower centre 107 x 76cm PROVENANCE: Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2008 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Del Kathryn Barton | The Whole of Everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, 5 March - 5 April 2008 (another example) LITERATURE: Butler, R., Printed: Images by Australian Artists 1942-2020, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2021, p. 358 (illus., another example) OTHER NOTES: Another example of the print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) That's When I Was Another Tree 1 2007 lithograph, ed. 30/30 signed right edge: del kathryn barton titled and editioned right edge 107 x 76cm PROVENANCE: Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2008 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Del Kathryn Barton | The Whole of Everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, 5 March - 5 April 2008 (another example) LITERATURE: Butler, R., Printed: Images by Australian Artists 1942-2020, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2021, p. 358 (illus., another example) OTHER NOTES: Another example of the print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
DEL KATHRYN BARTON (born 1972) That's When I Was Another Tree 3 2007 lithograph, ed. 30/30 signed lower right: del kathryn barton titled and editioned lower centre 107 x 76cm PROVENANCE: Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne 2008 (label verso) Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITIONS: Del Kathryn Barton | The Whole of Everything, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne, 5 March - 5 April 2008 (another example) LITERATURE: Butler, R., Printed: Images by Australian Artists 1942-2020, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2021, p. 358 (illus., another example) OTHER NOTES: Another example of the print is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney.
Del Kathryn Barton by Julie Ewington. Published by Piper Press, 2014. Hardcover quarto in dustwrapper. excellent condition. 2) Oscar Wilde The Nightingale Rose by Del Kathryn Barton
Del Kathryn Barton Australian, b. 1972 the last night of my life with cat lithographic print on paper signed 'del Kathryn barton' lower right in pencil on margin and inscribed 'the last night of my life with cat'. Edition 12/30 Provenance: Esk Collection -Private collectors group Tasmania
DEL KATHRYN BARTON born 1972 from her nest in the holm-oak tree the nightingale heard him 2011 synthetic polymer paint, gouache, watercolour and ink on canvas signed and dated 'del kathryn barton 2011' lower left 173 × 153 cm PROVENANCE Del Kathryn Barton, Sydney Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (label verso) Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above Modern & Contemporary Art, Deutscher and Hackett, Melbourne, 13 June 2018, lot 29, illustrated Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above EXHIBITED Del Kathryn Barton, satellite fade-out, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, 14 July - 6 August 2011, no. 3 Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and The Rose, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 10 November - 9 December 2012; Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 15 December 2012 - 17 February 2013 LITERATURE Oscar Wilde and Del Kathryn Barton, Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale and The Rose, Art and Australia, Sydney, 2012, pp. 2 (illustrated), 5 (illustrated), 54 (illustrated) Julie Ewington, Del Kathryn Barton, Piper Press, Sydney, 2014, pp. 70 (illustrated), 71
