● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 09, East Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Harry Sefarbi was a student at the Barnes in the late 1940s, and in 1953 he joined the permanent faculty, going on to teach the traditions of painting for the next 50 years. In a 1950 letter, Albert Barnes told Sefarbi that while he liked this painting of a man in a striped shirt sitting in a kitchen, he thought the colors were best viewed from afar. Perhaps this is why Barnes chose to hang it above the doorway.
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Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) — Luncheon (Annette and
Édouard Jean Vuillard — The Cook, plate eleven from Landscap
Harold Gilman (British, 1876–1919) — Sylvia Gosse
May Preston — Déjeuner
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) — The Cook
William Sommer (American, 1867–1949) — June (recto)
Édouard Jean Vuillard — Interior with Pink Wallpaper III, pl
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) — Interior with Pink Wa
Henri Matisse — Dishes and Melon (Assiettes et melon)
Carl Olof Larsson — Little Lie-A-Bed's Sad Breakfast
Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940) — Woman Ironing
Henri Matisse — Figure with Bouquet