Barnaby Conrad III (born 1952) is an American author, artist, and editor.

Early years

Conrad was born in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

in 1952, the son of author Barnaby Conrad, Jr and architect Dale (Cowgill) Crichton. His father was an amateur

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, and published the bestselling book ''Matador'' the same year that Conrad III was born. It is said that Conrad III barely escaped being named after his father's friend

Juan Belmonte Juan Belmonte García (14 April 1892 – 8 April 1962) was a Spanish bullfighter. He fought in a record number of bull fights and was responsible for changing the art of bullfighting. He had minor deformities in his legs which forced him to des ...

.Philip G. Howlet
"Letter From The Publisher"
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'', July 6, 1981; retrieved 2011-09-14.

Education

Conrad graduated from the

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, then studied

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and

illustration An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, vid ...

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, under Lester Johnson and

Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak (; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He became most widely known for his book ''Where the Wild Things Are'', first published in 1963.Turan, Kenneth (October 16, 200 ...

."Barnaby Conrad III: LIFE AQUATIC, Nov 19, 2009 - Jan 16, 2010"
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Early career

After graduating Yale with a B.A. in

Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...

in 1975, Conrad worked as a journalist and magazine editor. His first published story was about his experiences running with the bulls in

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, which he sold to the ''

San Francisco Examiner The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporat ...

'' for $100. Much of his work was for art magazines: he was one of the founding editors of ''Art World'' in the 1970s, and a senior editor of ''

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'' from 1979-80. In 1982, Conrad moved to Paris and became an

adventure travel Adventure travel is a type of niche tourism, involving exploration or travel with a certain degree of risk (real or perceived), and which may require special skills and physical exertion. In the United States, adventure tourism has grown in r ...

writer. He wrote articles about riding trains across

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skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

in the

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, and

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over

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, for magazines such as ''

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'', and ''

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'', for which he served as

editor-at-large An editor-at-large is a journalist who contributes content to a publication. Sometimes such an editor is called a roving reporter or roving editor. Unlike an editor who works on a publication from day to day and is hands-on, an editor-at-large con ...

Book author

Conrad's first book credit was as an illustrator of his father's children's book, ''Zorro - A Fox in the City'', in 1971. He co-authored a book of interviews with photographers in 1977, then didn't write any more books until ''Absinthe: History In a Bottle'', in 1988, his first book as a solo author. As of 2011, Conrad has authored over 11 non-fiction books, and hundreds of magazine articles for over 30 publications."Staff: Barnaby Conrad III"
, Barnaby Conrad III, Santa Barbara Writers Conference, June 18–23, 2011; retrieved 2011-09-14.
Hank Donat, MisterSF, 2011; retrieved 2011-09-14. ''The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American Classic'' (1995) has sold over 160,000 hardcover copies. He has taught other aspiring authors at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, which was founded by his father.

Publishing

In 2009, Conrad joined independent book publisher Council Oak Books, where he founded a new imprint, "Kanbar & Conrad Books", with inventor-philanthropist

Maurice Kanbar Maurice Kanbar (March 1, 1929 – August 20, 2022) was an American entrepreneur and inventor who lived in San Francisco, California. He was particularly well known for his creation of SKYY vodka and was also noted for his extensive real estate i ...

. The inaugural book of the imprint was ''The Second Life of John Wilkes Booth'', by Conrad's father,

Barnaby Conrad Barnaby Conrad, Jr. (March 27, 1922 – February 12, 2013) was an American artist, author, nightclub proprietor, bullfighter and boxer. Born in San Francisco, California to an affluent family, Conrad was raised in Hillsborough. He spent a year ...

."Kanbar & Conrad Books"
, Council Oak Books; retrieved 2011-09-14.
Adam Nagourney, January 26, 2011, ''

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''; retrieved 2011-09-14.

Painting

Though Conrad painted throughout his career, he didn't return to showing his works professionally until later in life. He exhibited in 20 group shows in San Francisco, and held his first solo show in

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, in 2009, at his wife's gallery, M. Sutherland Fine Arts. It focused on aquatic animals from his hobby,

fly fishing Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure—called an artificial fly—to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly diffe ...

."Artist Unbound"
by Richard Polsky, '' Artnet Magazine'', November 24, 2009; retrieved 2011-09-14.

Personal life

Conrad married art gallery owner Martha Sutherland on May 24, 2003."Designing Herreras together again, for the first time"
Carolyne Zinko, ''

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'', June 04, 2003; retrieved 2011-09-14."Birthday Bash(ford)"
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Bibliography

* ''Zorro - A Fox in the City'' (illustrator). Written by

. 1971, Doubleday; . * ''Interviews with Master Photographers: Minor White,

Imogen Cunningham Imogen Cunningham (; April 12, 1883 – June 23, 1976) was an American photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes, and industrial landscapes. Cunningham was a member of the California-based Group f/64, known for its dedication to t ...

Cornell Capa Cornell Capa (born Kornél Friedmann; April 10, 1918 – May 23, 2008) was a Hungarian American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa. Graduating from Imr ...

, Elliot Erwit, Yousef Karsh,

Arnold Newman Arnold Abner Newman (March 3, 1918 – June 6, 2006) was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. Early life and caree ...

, Lord Snowden,

Brett Weston Theodore Brett Weston (December 16, 1911 – January 22, 1993) was an American photographer. Life and work Weston was the second of the four sons of photographer Edward Weston and Flora Chandler. He began taking photographs in 1925, while living ...

''. With James Danziger. 1977, Paddington Press; . * ''

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: History In a Bottle''. 1988,

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; . * ''

Gottfried Helnwein Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media. His work is ...

: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs'': 1992, Modernism, Inc. * ''The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American Classic''. 1995, Chronicle Books; . * ''The

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: An Illustrated History of Fine Smoking''. 1996, Chronicle Books; . * ''Les Chiens de Paris''. 1996, Chronicle Books; . * ''Les Chats de Paris''. 1996, Chronicle Books; . * ''The Blonde: A Celebration of the Golden Era from Harlowe to Monroe''. 1999, Chronicle Books; . * ''

John Register John Register (1939–1996) was an American realist artist noted for his paintings and drawings, which were notably often minimalist, spare depictions of hotels, cafés, and empty chairs. Background Register was born in 1939 in New York City to ...

: Persistent Observer''. 1999, Woodford Press; . * ''

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: An Aviation Legend''. 1999, Woodford Press; . * '' Mark Stock: Paintings''. 2000, Duane Press; . * ''Ghost Hunting in Montana: A Search for Roots in the Old West''. 2003,

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; . * ''

Richard Diebenkorn Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he bega ...

: Figurative Works on Paper'' (with John McEnroe and Jane Livingston. 2003, Chronicle Books; . * ''Valentin Popov'' (with Robert Flynn Johnson). 2008, Modernism, Inc.; * ''David Bates: the Tropics''. 2008, John Berggruen Gallery. * ''The Bachelor's Progress''. 2012, Council Oak Distribution;. .

References

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