Born in 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Robert Baranet quickly demonstrated immense talent, winning a Certificate of Merit at the National High School Art Exhibit presented by the Carnegie Institute. So evident were his abilities that he was patronized by Dr. Albert Barnes of the Barnes Foundation, who sponsored an experimental medical procedure to save Baranet's sight after he had suffered an eye injury.
In May of 1948, at the age of 22, Baranet was awarded the highly prestigious William Emlen Cresson Award for travel and study in Europe, by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) and traveled through Europe for a year while studying at the Grand Chaumiere in Paris. After graduating from PAFA in 1950 he married fellow PAFA alumnus Elizabeth Ferzacca after graduating.
In 1965, he was established at the Hotel des Artistes, in New York, and in 1967, was asked to join the ranks of portrait painters at Portraits, Inc., on Park Avenue. Baranet had several shows of landscapes, most notably at the Lyford Cay Gallery, in the Bahamas.
In the 1980’s, Robert Baranet was asked to join the Silvermine Guild of Arts in New Canaan, Connecticut, where he participated in several shows over the years. He was also an artist member of the Rowayton Arts Center, in Rowayton, Connecticut.
In 1989, Robert had a one-man show of landscapes at the James Hunt Barker Gallery, in Nantucket, Massachussetts, and in Palm Beach the following year. He also participated in a two-man show at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, in New Canaan, Connecticut, along with sculptor, Lubomir Tomaszewski.
From 1996-1999, Baranet taught a portraiture class at The Art Students League, in New York. He was listed in , “Who’s Who of American Art”, by Peter Hastings Falk, in 1999 and is featured in the book "Manhattan's Hotel Des Artiste: America's Paris on West 67th Street" by Robert Hudovernik available at this link.
Robert Baranet died in April of 2001, at the age of 76, in his Connecticut home, where he had painted for 35 years. Mark Seavey of The New Yorker magazine quoted Baranet as saying, “Artists are a curious breed, they paint because they have to, and damn the consequences”.
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