John Pierce Barnes

1893 - 1954

Bucks County Barn

John Pierce Barnes

Born in Philadelphia, John Barnes was a commercial artist and landscape and still-life painter. He is credited with the design of the logo for RCA Victor and was the long-time employee of the Radio Corporation of America Victor Design Division. As a painter, his style was primarily impressionist, although he experimented with many styles.
He studied at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design and the Pennsylvania Academy with Daniel Garber, and also studied in Europe for two years on a Cresson Traveling Scholarship and a Tappan Prize award, both from the Pennsylvania Academy.

Works by this artist

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Spring Landscape

Spring Landscape

John Pierce Barnes
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Bucks County Barn

Bucks County Barn

John Pierce Barnes
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JP Barnes House by the Canal

House by the Canal, New Hope

John Pierce Barnes