American Paintings and Works on Paper in the Barnes Foundation

By Richard J. Wattenmaker

A comprehensive look at works by American artists within the Barnes Foundation's collection. Introductory essays reveal Dr. Barnes in his earliest days as a collector, as head of his own Foundation, and in the lifelong pursuit of artistic education as both student and teacher. Features works by Horace Pippin, Maurice and Charles Prendergast, Marsden Hartley, William Glackens, Charles Demuth, Milton Avery, and more.   

 A Passion for Art (CD)

Unprecedented access to the Barnes's world-famous collection. Visit each gallery, zoom in on selected works for details about the painting and the artist, uncover fascinating historical documents from the Foundation's archives, create your own slideshows, and listen to four different audio tours of the collection.

The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks

By Judith F. Dolkart, Martha Lucy, with contributions by Derek Gillman

An introductory essay by Deputy Director of Art and Archival Collections and Gund Family Chief Curator Dolkart traces Albert C. Barnes's collecting and the evolution of his education and display philosophies. Lavishly illustrated, the book provides new information on over 150 works in the collection, plus discussion of 21 distinctive wall ensembles.

Renoir in the Barnes Foundation

By Martha Lucy and John House

Albert C. Barnes called Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) a god and collected 181 works by him. Renoir in the Barnes Foundation publishes the complete Renoir holdings of the Foundation, tells the story of Barnes's obsession with the painter, and pins down the modernity of an artist whose attitude to the modern world was extremely conflicted.