Hugh Barron

Hugh Barron (c. 1746 – 1791) was an English portrait painter and amateur musician.

[1] Barron was the son of an apothecary in Soho, London, and became a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds.

After leaving Reynolds' studio he set off for Italy by way of Lisbon, where he stopped for some time and painted portraits.

Returning to London he settled in Leicester Square, and exhibited some portraits at the Royal Academy in 1782-3 and 1786.

[2] His painting The Children of George Bond of Ditchleys (1768) is in the collection of the Tate Gallery.