Artist∼Martin Barry, whose well-known watercolor and pen and ink drawings of Maryland landmarks were highly prized, died Thursday of lung cancer at his Towson residence. He was 71.
A Mass of Resurrection will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues in Towson.
Mr. Barry, known as "Skip," once was an automobile salesman for his father's North Charles Street Lincoln-Mercury dealership. He left the family business in 1969, determined to make it as an artist.
"He was unhappy as a car salesman and as far as I know had very little if any formal training," said Baltimore portraitist Joe Sheppard yesterday. "He had been doing pen and ink drawings for some time and asked if I thought he could make a living selling his artwork. I told him I thought he could."
Mr. Barry's work included homes, buildings, historic sights, landmarks and private commissions.
"He produced multiple scenes in prodigious quantities which were of consistent quality," said Richard R. Harwood III, vice president of Baltimore's Purnell Gallery and an appraiser of fine art. "I think what accounted for their popularity was the fact that they were familiar scenes like the Constellation, the Washington Monument, Harborplace, Annapolis. One of his big sellers was Johns Hopkins Hospital."
His work can be found in such major collections as the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Baltimore City Hall, the Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College. The Apostolic Delegation in Washington used Mr. Barry's drawings of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and the Basilica of the Assumption on a commemorative stamp.
Born and reared in Guilford, Mr. Barry was a 1946 graduate of Loyola High School at Blakefield and earned his bachelor's degree in 1950 from Loyola College, where he was an outstanding lacrosse goalie. After graduation, he went to work in his father's business, the Martin J. Barry Co.
A devout Roman Catholic, he was a member of Our Father's Work Ministry and later became a missionary for the Eucharistic Christ.
He worked vigorously with Monsignor Edward Lynch to establish the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, where he was a communicant.
He was the author of "Who Prayed for Me," published in 1996 by Our Father's Work Publications Inc.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Barbara Putnam; a son, Martin J. Barry III of Bel Air; three daughters, Barbara Barry Conover of Cape Cod, Mass., and Mary Ellen Barry Rowe and Leigh Barry Nodar, both of Towson; two sisters, Anne Downey of Atlanta and Carol Miller of Lutherville; and 10 grandchildren.
Pub Date: 3/13/99
Sun, The (Baltimore, MD) - Saturday, March 13, 1999
A Mass of Resurrection will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues in Towson.
Mr. Barry, known as "Skip," once was an automobile salesman for his father's North Charles Street Lincoln-Mercury dealership. He left the family business in 1969, determined to make it as an artist.
"He was unhappy as a car salesman and as far as I know had very little if any formal training," said Baltimore portraitist Joe Sheppard yesterday. "He had been doing pen and ink drawings for some time and asked if I thought he could make a living selling his artwork. I told him I thought he could."
Mr. Barry's work included homes, buildings, historic sights, landmarks and private commissions.
"He produced multiple scenes in prodigious quantities which were of consistent quality," said Richard R. Harwood III, vice president of Baltimore's Purnell Gallery and an appraiser of fine art. "I think what accounted for their popularity was the fact that they were familiar scenes like the Constellation, the Washington Monument, Harborplace, Annapolis. One of his big sellers was Johns Hopkins Hospital."
His work can be found in such major collections as the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Baltimore City Hall, the Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College. The Apostolic Delegation in Washington used Mr. Barry's drawings of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and the Basilica of the Assumption on a commemorative stamp.
Born and reared in Guilford, Mr. Barry was a 1946 graduate of Loyola High School at Blakefield and earned his bachelor's degree in 1950 from Loyola College, where he was an outstanding lacrosse goalie. After graduation, he went to work in his father's business, the Martin J. Barry Co.
A devout Roman Catholic, he was a member of Our Father's Work Ministry and later became a missionary for the Eucharistic Christ.
He worked vigorously with Monsignor Edward Lynch to establish the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, where he was a communicant.
He was the author of "Who Prayed for Me," published in 1996 by Our Father's Work Publications Inc.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Barbara Putnam; a son, Martin J. Barry III of Bel Air; three daughters, Barbara Barry Conover of Cape Cod, Mass., and Mary Ellen Barry Rowe and Leigh Barry Nodar, both of Towson; two sisters, Anne Downey of Atlanta and Carol Miller of Lutherville; and 10 grandchildren.
Pub Date: 3/13/99
Sun, The (Baltimore, MD) - Saturday, March 13, 1999
Artist∼Martin Barry, whose well-known watercolor and pen and ink drawings of Maryland landmarks were highly prized, died Thursday of lung cancer at his Towson residence. He was 71.
A Mass of Resurrection will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues in Towson.
Mr. Barry, known as "Skip," once was an automobile salesman for his father's North Charles Street Lincoln-Mercury dealership. He left the family business in 1969, determined to make it as an artist.
"He was unhappy as a car salesman and as far as I know had very little if any formal training," said Baltimore portraitist Joe Sheppard yesterday. "He had been doing pen and ink drawings for some time and asked if I thought he could make a living selling his artwork. I told him I thought he could."
Mr. Barry's work included homes, buildings, historic sights, landmarks and private commissions.
"He produced multiple scenes in prodigious quantities which were of consistent quality," said Richard R. Harwood III, vice president of Baltimore's Purnell Gallery and an appraiser of fine art. "I think what accounted for their popularity was the fact that they were familiar scenes like the Constellation, the Washington Monument, Harborplace, Annapolis. One of his big sellers was Johns Hopkins Hospital."
His work can be found in such major collections as the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Baltimore City Hall, the Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College. The Apostolic Delegation in Washington used Mr. Barry's drawings of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and the Basilica of the Assumption on a commemorative stamp.
Born and reared in Guilford, Mr. Barry was a 1946 graduate of Loyola High School at Blakefield and earned his bachelor's degree in 1950 from Loyola College, where he was an outstanding lacrosse goalie. After graduation, he went to work in his father's business, the Martin J. Barry Co.
A devout Roman Catholic, he was a member of Our Father's Work Ministry and later became a missionary for the Eucharistic Christ.
He worked vigorously with Monsignor Edward Lynch to establish the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, where he was a communicant.
He was the author of "Who Prayed for Me," published in 1996 by Our Father's Work Publications Inc.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Barbara Putnam; a son, Martin J. Barry III of Bel Air; three daughters, Barbara Barry Conover of Cape Cod, Mass., and Mary Ellen Barry Rowe and Leigh Barry Nodar, both of Towson; two sisters, Anne Downey of Atlanta and Carol Miller of Lutherville; and 10 grandchildren.
Pub Date: 3/13/99
Sun, The (Baltimore, MD) - Saturday, March 13, 1999
A Mass of Resurrection will be offered at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Baltimore and Ware avenues in Towson.
Mr. Barry, known as "Skip," once was an automobile salesman for his father's North Charles Street Lincoln-Mercury dealership. He left the family business in 1969, determined to make it as an artist.
"He was unhappy as a car salesman and as far as I know had very little if any formal training," said Baltimore portraitist Joe Sheppard yesterday. "He had been doing pen and ink drawings for some time and asked if I thought he could make a living selling his artwork. I told him I thought he could."
Mr. Barry's work included homes, buildings, historic sights, landmarks and private commissions.
"He produced multiple scenes in prodigious quantities which were of consistent quality," said Richard R. Harwood III, vice president of Baltimore's Purnell Gallery and an appraiser of fine art. "I think what accounted for their popularity was the fact that they were familiar scenes like the Constellation, the Washington Monument, Harborplace, Annapolis. One of his big sellers was Johns Hopkins Hospital."
His work can be found in such major collections as the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Baltimore City Hall, the Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College. The Apostolic Delegation in Washington used Mr. Barry's drawings of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen and the Basilica of the Assumption on a commemorative stamp.
Born and reared in Guilford, Mr. Barry was a 1946 graduate of Loyola High School at Blakefield and earned his bachelor's degree in 1950 from Loyola College, where he was an outstanding lacrosse goalie. After graduation, he went to work in his father's business, the Martin J. Barry Co.
A devout Roman Catholic, he was a member of Our Father's Work Ministry and later became a missionary for the Eucharistic Christ.
He worked vigorously with Monsignor Edward Lynch to establish the Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, where he was a communicant.
He was the author of "Who Prayed for Me," published in 1996 by Our Father's Work Publications Inc.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, the former Barbara Putnam; a son, Martin J. Barry III of Bel Air; three daughters, Barbara Barry Conover of Cape Cod, Mass., and Mary Ellen Barry Rowe and Leigh Barry Nodar, both of Towson; two sisters, Anne Downey of Atlanta and Carol Miller of Lutherville; and 10 grandchildren.
Pub Date: 3/13/99
Sun, The (Baltimore, MD) - Saturday, March 13, 1999
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