ARR * Barnes (Archibald George, 1887-1972). Huntsman and Hounds on a Veranda, circa 1920s, oil on canvas, signed Barnes lower left, 61.5 x 77 cm (24.25 x 30.25 ins), period gilt frameQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Estate of David Geider, Baydon, Wiltshire. Archibald George Barnes was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy for 5 years, becoming a society artist, best known for his portraits and figures set in picturesque landscapes. He settled in Toronto, Ontario from around 1930 onwards. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1923, and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1925. In an article in Colour Magazine of June 1919 he stated that the work of John Singer Sargent and Charles Sims had been more signficant for him than all his formal art education.