Richard Lee Barton Richard Lee Barton was born in Arkansas (USA,1952). As a child, he wanted to be an artist and dreamed of ever being able to go to Europe. At nineteen, he moved to Belgium and worked as a chief cook. He came in contact with was two Flemish masters who gave him, individually, several years of private lessons. From the realist Louis Jacques Camerlinckx (19201989) he learned many techniques. The expressionist Staff van Elzen(1915-1987) brought him knowledge in the field of colour and abstraction. Then he followed an Academy in Antwerp. His talent was seen at a very young age. He was given the opportunity to attend additional art classes in high school, and he won at his fifteenth of the State Prize of Arkansas for drawing. In Belgium, he was the founder of an art group called Asikan 22.40. Arise as a response to society. They organised many exhibitions together, especially in Belgium. Other well-known members of the group were Jan Latinne (1936) and Humberto Wouters (1920-1999). Richard Lee Barton initially painted impressionist landscapes and became known as a landscape painter. These works were greatly appreciated, especially in Belgium, where he held exhibitions at that time. At one point he went back to America, then for a short time to continue
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