Edward Barnard Lintott

American (1875-1951)

Born in London in 1875, Lintott received his art education in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Sorbonne and the Academie Julian. During his varied career as artist, writer, lecturer and teacher, he was appointed librarian at the Royal Academy of Art in London, served as Secretary to the Ambassador in St. Petersburg, and was the art editor to The Times (British paper). In 1926, he published a book entitled “The Art of Watercolor Painting,” after which he moved to America, settling in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He became an American citizen in 1941.

Best known as a portrait artist, Lintott painted many of well-known society portraits, including one of the King and Queen of Great Britain. A member of the National Portrait Society, and the Art Club of London, Lintott’s works were exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and many private galleries in Europe and the United States. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Art, the Louvre, British Museum, Victoria and AlbertMuseum, and the National Gallery, among others.