Barnaby Conrad III

Barnaby Conrad III (born 1952) is an American author, artist, and editor.

Early years Conrad was born in San Francisco in 1952, the son of author Barnaby Conrad, Jr and architect Dale (Cowgill) Crichton.

Education Conrad graduated from the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, then studied painting and illustration at Yale University, under Lester Johnson and Maurice Sendak. The Martini: An Illustrated History of an American Classic (1995) has sold over 160,000 hardcover copies.

Painting

Though Conrad painted throughout his career, he didn't return to showing his works professionally until later in life. He exhibited in 20 group shows in San Francisco, and held his first solo show in New York City, in 2009, at his wife's gallery, M. Sutherland Fine Arts. It focused on aquatic animals from his hobby, fly fishing.

Personal life

Conrad married art gallery owner Martha Sutherland on May 24, 2003.