Henry Wilson Barnitz (December 27, 1863, Berwick, Pennsylvania-December 16, 1916, Berwick, Pennsylvania)
artist
parents Alexander McLean Barnitz (artist and Methodist minister) and Sarah Elizabeth Barnitz; brother of Lincoln Gray, Susan Gray, Sarah, maybe Charles McLean, plus two more
Sarah Garner Barnitz (1893-1895)
Wright Townsend Barnitz (1894-1895)
Henry “Harry” Longfellow (8/15/1895-1/7/1974) married Elizabeth “Bippy” Downing (1899-1979)
Thomas Garner Barnitz (1897-1971) married Frieda V. (1898-1922?)
Gunnar Barnitz (1898 - ?)
Walter Downing Barnitz (1899- April 7, 1934) married Ruth Luetta McNamee (1905-?)
Rudolph McLean Barnitz (1901-1961) married Gretel Isael Hanna (1911-1987)
Robert Gray Barnitz (1904-1985) married Harryet Boal (1902-2000)
Alfred Perdue Barnitz (1907-1984) married Mary Catherine (Mae) Sykora (1908-1987)
Claire Marie Barnitz (12/25/1911 or 1912-3/12/1988) married Theodore Gladstone Coffin (1907-1963); had 5 kids, 3 died; born and died in Glenview, IL; photo
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, student of Thomas Pollock Anschutz
Student of Charles Francis Browne, Thomas Hovenden, William Gilchrist and Hugh Breckenridge
Array
1899-1900: Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio
1928: The Daily Herald, Chicago for 2/24/1928: two pictures in exhibit, including Streets of Gold
Chicago No-Jury Society Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
1920: exhibit listed in The Daily Herald from Arlington Heights, IL. Sept. 24
1978: The Barnitz Triad: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture, Springfield Art Center, Springfield, Illinois
Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Glenview Historical Society, Glenview, Illinois
Mrs. John Acton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mr. Downing Barnitz, Lakeland, Florida
Mrs. Eckert Barnitz, Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Harry W. Barnitz, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Mrs. Henry Longfellow Barnitz, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
Mr. Nevin Barnitz, Mifflinbrug, Pennsylvania
Robert Gray Barnitz, Urbana, Ohio
Mrs. Rudolph M. Barnitz, Santa Barbara, California
Mrs. Walter D. Barnitz, Santa Barbara, California
Mrs. Clarence R. Bert, Indianapolis, Indiana
Mr. Robert Coffin, Glenview, Illinois
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gladish, Oracle, Arizona
Mrs. Richard L. Goerwitz, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Mr. Nicholas Jastock, Glenview, Illinois
Rt. Rev. Louis B. King, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania
Mrs. Gunner Nilson, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida
Mrs. Herbert Osborn, Washington, D.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Schnarr, Douglasville, Pennsylvania
Mr. Marvin Stevens, Glenview, Illinois
Catron, Patricia D’Arcy. The Barnitz Triad: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture. Springfield Art Center, 1978. exhibition catalog
Fielding, Mantle. “Myrtiel Townsend Barnitz” in Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American painters, sculptors & engravers.
Haverstock, Mary Sayre. “Myrtle Townsend Barnitz,” in Artists in Ohio, 1878-1900: A Biographical Dictionary.
Chicago No-Jury Society
1899 and 1900: awards for sculpture, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, Ohio
teacher
writer
Two youngest kids kidnapped in January 1921 by her son Thomas, who had suffered from being gassed during WWI and lived in Houston, Texas with his new wife.