CORNWALL.- Described by one national critic as ‘the greatest artist you never heard of’, Barry (1883-1970) was a prolific painter and etcher who spent years working alongside Newlyn School greats like Stanhope Forbes, Henry Scott Tuke and Norman Garstin at the beginning of the last century. An early narrative approach to painting gave way to more abstract themes as he experimented with a range of styles – including the very different schools of Pointillism and Vorticism. The result is an exciting, very varied portfolio of work that is as memorable as it is striking. Had it not been for the passion and determination of one man, however, Barry would, in all likelihood, have remained an unknown. Independently wealthy, he didn’t need to sell his art during his lifetime and, when he died on Jersey in 1970, he left the bulk of it to an impoverished fellow artist. When solicitor David Capps came a