BARKER, Leolin Addison

30 June 1895 – 21 September 1975

Origin Burton upon Trent, England
First settled in Victoria Park, WA

BORDA

Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1922

Fremantle

373 panel

Read their story

Leolin, known as Addison Barker, was a recognised WA water colour artist. During the second World War years, he became well-known for his small paintings of Perth which were very popular souvenirs among the American servicemen.

Share

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share this

Visitor Submitted Comments

  • Good evening I have an Addison Barker water colour
    On the back it says it is of the mouth of the Swan River WA, I also have a larger painting by John Barker entitled 'The Swamp' WA, I am curious if they are of any value please
    Kind regards Kerry Casey

    • image.jpeg

    Thu 8 Oct 2015

  • Post new comment

    The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
    Attach files to this comment
    Changes made to the attachments are not permanent until you save this post. Files must be smaller than 10 MB and have one of the following extensions: jpg jpeg gif png bmp.