Esprit Barthet
Esprit Barthet was an artist born in Valletta, Malta on 6 October 1919. Son of Camillo and Guzeppina Grixti.
He started art studies in Valletta, at the Government School of Arts. He went to Rome where he attended the Regia Accademia di Belle Arti and later to England, at the Academy of Arts in Bath. In the early 1950s he started experimenting with cubism and the abstract. Much of his work can be admired in public places, Government Departments and in many private collections in Malta and abroad.
In 1944, he married Teresa Borg and had six children.
He died on 4 July 1999.
There is a street named after him: 'Triq Esprit Barthet' in Swieqi, Malta. Triq means street in Maltese.
Training
- 1932 - School of Arts, Malta 1932 Under Robert and Edward Caruana Dingli
- 1938-1939 - Accademia d'Belle Arti, Rome Under Carlo Siviero
- 1947 - Academy of Arts in Bath Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Style
Portraits; Romantic Tradition; cubism; abstractAwards
He was awarded the title of Knight of the Italian Republic by the Italian Government and also invested as a member of the Order of St. John.Paintings
Portraits
- Prime Minister of Malta Dr. Francesco Buhagiar 1923-1924
- Prime Minister of Malta Dr. Enrico Mizzi 1950
- Prime Minister of Malta Dr. Gorg Borg Olivier 1950-1955 and 1962-1971
- Prime Minister of Malta Dr. Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici
- President of Malta Dr. Vincent Tabone
- Attorney General of Malta Dr. Anthony Borg Barthet
- Governor-General of Malta Sir Maurice Dorman