Edmund G. Barnhill (American, 1894-1987) Photograph. Title - Palm Trees on Shoreline in Florida. Hand tinted original vintage photograph from the 1930's-50's. Signed lower right Barnhill - Hand. Image size 19 inches high, 23 inches wide. Frame measures 25 inches high, 29 inches wide. In good condition.

From Mfastpete.org - The hand-painted photographs of E. G. Barnhill (1894-1987) offers a unique voyage into the natural splendors of Florida during the early part of the twentieth century. An artist, photographer, businessman, and adventurer, Barnhill arrived in St. Petersburg in 1913. He set up numerous businesses hawking cameras and hand-colored photographs on paper and glass. Much of his work focuses on St. Petersburg, as well as other locations around the state, augmenting the natural beauty with heightened colorization. He claimed to be the only man in America to use the photographic process of uranium dyes on glass. He learned the painting technique from famed photographer Edward S. Curtis as a teenager and later sourced the supplies directly from Germany before anyone understood the element's radioactive potential. Falling somewhere between photography and vernacular art, these glowing works combine ethereal beauty with Barnhill's unique sense of showmanship.

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