Ernest (“Ernie”) Kurt Barth was the son of Ernst and Paula (Meeh) Barth. He was born during the Great Depression on March 23, 1929 in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York. In 1946 he graduated from Memorial High School in West New York, New Jersey.
Ernie then served in the United States Marine Corps for two years after graduation. Upon his return from the Marines, Ernie worked a brief stint as an apprentice artist with a printing concern before attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under the G.l. Bill. Ernest graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1952. He then completed post graduate work in Illustration.
Ernie married Eileen Ann Furlong, a Pratt graduate and art teacher, on April 10, 1955 at St. Joseph’s of Palisades, New Jersey, and settled in Leonia, New Jersey.
After moving to Tuxedo, New York and building a home, Ernie and Eileen had two daughters, Erin Furlong Barth (1964) and Eve Alexis Barth (1967). They were married for 32 years before Eileen succumbed to breast cancer.
In 1953 Ernie worked for Cellomatic, a commercial art service, which was the beginning of limited animation for television. Ernie did work for NBC’s Today Show with Dave Garaway. In 1954 he worked for the comic strip artist, AI Capp, and he drew the nationally syndicated “Lil’ Abner.” In 1955 Ernie returned to Cellomatic, drawing cartoons, and artwork for Industrial Shows. He drew interior artwork for science fiction magazines such as Beyond Fantasy Fiction, If, Galaxy, Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures in the 1950s and then for Dell, Harper & Row, Random House, and other publishers on a variety of both general fiction and non-fiction publications into the 1970s, producing interior illustrations for classics in American literature. The artist’s favorite work was the illustrating of children’s books such as “Jason and the Golden Fleece” by John Gunther.
In 1973 the Barth family spent a year in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, while Eileen earned her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. During that time Ernie lent his talents and experience to a health education project to aid illiterate patients at the Paulin Clinic in Queretaro. He worked with four student-artist volunteers from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1980s working as a freelance graphic artist, Ernie engaged in commercial art in New York City and worked on accounts such as Bacardi Rum. He also created brilliant visual aids which were utilized in courtrooms during litigation. At his studio at home in Tuxedo, Ernie painted treasured family portraits.
Ernie was an avid skeet shooter, hunter and fisherman. He served on the Tuxedo Town Board as a Councilman for several years, developed the Town of Tuxedo logo and helped run the annual Tuxedo Town 10k road races. On November 28, 1991, Ernie married Joan (Neumann) Barth in Warwick, New York. The couple lived in Tuxedo for ten years where Ernie continued for work as a freelance artist until his death from a heart attack due to complications from diabetes.
Ernie then served in the United States Marine Corps for two years after graduation. Upon his return from the Marines, Ernie worked a brief stint as an apprentice artist with a printing concern before attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under the G.l. Bill. Ernest graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1952. He then completed post graduate work in Illustration.
Ernie married Eileen Ann Furlong, a Pratt graduate and art teacher, on April 10, 1955 at St. Joseph’s of Palisades, New Jersey, and settled in Leonia, New Jersey.
After moving to Tuxedo, New York and building a home, Ernie and Eileen had two daughters, Erin Furlong Barth (1964) and Eve Alexis Barth (1967). They were married for 32 years before Eileen succumbed to breast cancer.
In 1953 Ernie worked for Cellomatic, a commercial art service, which was the beginning of limited animation for television. Ernie did work for NBC’s Today Show with Dave Garaway. In 1954 he worked for the comic strip artist, AI Capp, and he drew the nationally syndicated “Lil’ Abner.” In 1955 Ernie returned to Cellomatic, drawing cartoons, and artwork for Industrial Shows. He drew interior artwork for science fiction magazines such as Beyond Fantasy Fiction, If, Galaxy, Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures in the 1950s and then for Dell, Harper & Row, Random House, and other publishers on a variety of both general fiction and non-fiction publications into the 1970s, producing interior illustrations for classics in American literature. The artist’s favorite work was the illustrating of children’s books such as “Jason and the Golden Fleece” by John Gunther.
In 1973 the Barth family spent a year in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, while Eileen earned her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. During that time Ernie lent his talents and experience to a health education project to aid illiterate patients at the Paulin Clinic in Queretaro. He worked with four student-artist volunteers from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1980s working as a freelance graphic artist, Ernie engaged in commercial art in New York City and worked on accounts such as Bacardi Rum. He also created brilliant visual aids which were utilized in courtrooms during litigation. At his studio at home in Tuxedo, Ernie painted treasured family portraits.
Ernie was an avid skeet shooter, hunter and fisherman. He served on the Tuxedo Town Board as a Councilman for several years, developed the Town of Tuxedo logo and helped run the annual Tuxedo Town 10k road races. On November 28, 1991, Ernie married Joan (Neumann) Barth in Warwick, New York. The couple lived in Tuxedo for ten years where Ernie continued for work as a freelance artist until his death from a heart attack due to complications from diabetes.
Ernest (“Ernie”) Kurt Barth was the son of Ernst and Paula (Meeh) Barth. He was born during the Great Depression on March 23, 1929 in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York. In 1946 he graduated from Memorial High School in West New York, New Jersey.
Ernie then served in the United States Marine Corps for two years after graduation. Upon his return from the Marines, Ernie worked a brief stint as an apprentice artist with a printing concern before attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under the G.l. Bill. Ernest graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1952. He then completed post graduate work in Illustration.
Ernie married Eileen Ann Furlong, a Pratt graduate and art teacher, on April 10, 1955 at St. Joseph’s of Palisades, New Jersey, and settled in Leonia, New Jersey.
After moving to Tuxedo, New York and building a home, Ernie and Eileen had two daughters, Erin Furlong Barth (1964) and Eve Alexis Barth (1967). They were married for 32 years before Eileen succumbed to breast cancer.
In 1953 Ernie worked for Cellomatic, a commercial art service, which was the beginning of limited animation for television. Ernie did work for NBC’s Today Show with Dave Garaway. In 1954 he worked for the comic strip artist, AI Capp, and he drew the nationally syndicated “Lil’ Abner.” In 1955 Ernie returned to Cellomatic, drawing cartoons, and artwork for Industrial Shows. He drew interior artwork for science fiction magazines such as Beyond Fantasy Fiction, If, Galaxy, Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures in the 1950s and then for Dell, Harper & Row, Random House, and other publishers on a variety of both general fiction and non-fiction publications into the 1970s, producing interior illustrations for classics in American literature. The artist’s favorite work was the illustrating of children’s books such as “Jason and the Golden Fleece” by John Gunther.
In 1973 the Barth family spent a year in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, while Eileen earned her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. During that time Ernie lent his talents and experience to a health education project to aid illiterate patients at the Paulin Clinic in Queretaro. He worked with four student-artist volunteers from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1980s working as a freelance graphic artist, Ernie engaged in commercial art in New York City and worked on accounts such as Bacardi Rum. He also created brilliant visual aids which were utilized in courtrooms during litigation. At his studio at home in Tuxedo, Ernie painted treasured family portraits.
Ernie was an avid skeet shooter, hunter and fisherman. He served on the Tuxedo Town Board as a Councilman for several years, developed the Town of Tuxedo logo and helped run the annual Tuxedo Town 10k road races. On November 28, 1991, Ernie married Joan (Neumann) Barth in Warwick, New York. The couple lived in Tuxedo for ten years where Ernie continued for work as a freelance artist until his death from a heart attack due to complications from diabetes.
Ernie then served in the United States Marine Corps for two years after graduation. Upon his return from the Marines, Ernie worked a brief stint as an apprentice artist with a printing concern before attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn under the G.l. Bill. Ernest graduated from the Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1952. He then completed post graduate work in Illustration.
Ernie married Eileen Ann Furlong, a Pratt graduate and art teacher, on April 10, 1955 at St. Joseph’s of Palisades, New Jersey, and settled in Leonia, New Jersey.
After moving to Tuxedo, New York and building a home, Ernie and Eileen had two daughters, Erin Furlong Barth (1964) and Eve Alexis Barth (1967). They were married for 32 years before Eileen succumbed to breast cancer.
In 1953 Ernie worked for Cellomatic, a commercial art service, which was the beginning of limited animation for television. Ernie did work for NBC’s Today Show with Dave Garaway. In 1954 he worked for the comic strip artist, AI Capp, and he drew the nationally syndicated “Lil’ Abner.” In 1955 Ernie returned to Cellomatic, drawing cartoons, and artwork for Industrial Shows. He drew interior artwork for science fiction magazines such as Beyond Fantasy Fiction, If, Galaxy, Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures in the 1950s and then for Dell, Harper & Row, Random House, and other publishers on a variety of both general fiction and non-fiction publications into the 1970s, producing interior illustrations for classics in American literature. The artist’s favorite work was the illustrating of children’s books such as “Jason and the Golden Fleece” by John Gunther.
In 1973 the Barth family spent a year in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, while Eileen earned her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. During that time Ernie lent his talents and experience to a health education project to aid illiterate patients at the Paulin Clinic in Queretaro. He worked with four student-artist volunteers from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1980s working as a freelance graphic artist, Ernie engaged in commercial art in New York City and worked on accounts such as Bacardi Rum. He also created brilliant visual aids which were utilized in courtrooms during litigation. At his studio at home in Tuxedo, Ernie painted treasured family portraits.
Ernie was an avid skeet shooter, hunter and fisherman. He served on the Tuxedo Town Board as a Councilman for several years, developed the Town of Tuxedo logo and helped run the annual Tuxedo Town 10k road races. On November 28, 1991, Ernie married Joan (Neumann) Barth in Warwick, New York. The couple lived in Tuxedo for ten years where Ernie continued for work as a freelance artist until his death from a heart attack due to complications from diabetes.
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