Anthony Raine (A.R.) Barker (4 September 18809 August 1963) was a British artist. He was educated at

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, and trained initially as an architect at the

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(RIBA). In 1909, he won the RIBA

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medallion for design, and in January of the following year, he was awarded a certificate of honourable mention in the

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prize. He later became a painter in the traditional school of English

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as well as an engraver,

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

, and

etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

. Barker exhibited over many years at the

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, and examples of his work are owned by the

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, the

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, and the

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in Liverpool. In the 1920s, he was an active member of the

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. He published two children's books illustrated with his own woodcuts, The Fairyland Express (1925) and

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(1926). On 26February 1916, Barker married Martha Lydia Patricia Russell, commonly known as "Patricia", at StPaulinus church,

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. She was the youngest daughter of Thomas Russell, a photographer based in

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. Barker died on 9August 1963, aged 82, at Queen Mary's Hospital,

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, South East London. The funeral was held at the parish church of StGeorge,

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, on 14 August 1963, at 12:30pm, with interment taking place in the churchyard. He was survived by his wife, daughter, and son,

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, the British journalist and drama

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* 1880 births 1963 deaths English engravers English etchers English lithographers English watercolourists 20th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century British printmakers People educated at Framlingham College English woodcarvers 20th-century English male artists 20th-century lithographers 20th-century engravers {{England-painter-stub