Walter Bartman, Director and Founder of the Yellow Barn, has tarught art in theBethesda, Maryland area for over fourty years. Specializing in landscape and figure painting, he is known as one of Maryland's finest artists and teachers. He is listed in the Art and Artist Files in the Hishhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library Collections.
Bartman has been teaching at Glen Echo Park, Maryland since 1987. In 1994, when he was named a resident artist at the park, he established the Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery. At this location and others he continues to teach and inspire students of all ages, levels, and backgrounds. Additionally he conducts an exciting array of national and international workshops. Thus far in his career, he has taught over 15,000 students.
Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Bartman graduation from the University of Maryland in 1970 with a BA in art education. In 1978 he recieved a Fulbright grant to study art in Belgium and the Netherlands. He was conferred a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Art History fromt he American University in Washington, DC in 1979.