[2] In painting, the younger Barnett trained at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, with a fair list of awards and exhibitions.

The combined legacy of two generations of Barnett designs were largely responsible for Classicism being the dominant architectural influence in St.

Surviving examples include the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas, and the Saint Clement Catholic Church in Chicago.

[14] Barnett won both local and national awards including the Bronze Medal for Painting at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905, and the First Ives Landscape Prize from the St. Louis Artist's Guild every year between 1914 and 1925.

The lunette representing a zinc mine in southwest Missouri was a favorite of art critics who marveled at Barnett's ability to depict drama and beauty in an otherwise bleak and desolate scene.