Barrington Watson

Basil Barrington Watson (9 January 1931 – 26 January 2016) was a Jamaican painter.

This article is about the Jamaican painter. For the Great British long-distance runner, see Barry Watson (athlete).

Biography

Born in 1931 in Lucea,[1] Barrington Watson made his original mark in Jamaica as a football player for Kingston College. However, he ultimately followed his artistic yearnings by enrolling at the Royal College of Art in London. Watson also studied at Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam.[2] He travelled widely and then returned to the first Director of Studies at the Jamaica School of Art and co-founded the Contemporary Jamaican Artists' Association (1964–74).[3][4] He later served as visiting professor at Spelman College, Atlanta.[3] In 1967 he won a prize at the first Spanish Biennale at Barcelona. In 2000 he was awarded a Gold Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica.[5]

Watson has exhibited throughout Jamaica and internationally. He is the father of sculptors Basil Watson and Raymond Watson. Watson is the subject of Lennie Little-White's 2015 documentary film They Call Me Barrington.[6] He died on 26 January 2016 at the age of 85.[7]

Awards

Notable works
  • Spirit of Garvey, Oil/Canvas
  • Pan-Africanists, Oil/Canvas, 1999

Portraits

Literary works
  • Shades of Grey
  • The Pan-Africanists
  • Barrington

References
  1. "Biography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. "", Jamaica Observer, 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018
  3. "Introduction", Barrington Watson: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Jamaica.
  4. Tamara Scott-Williams, "Barrington Watson: A life in paint", Jamaica Observer, 16 October 2011.
  5. "Musgrave Awardees". Institute of Jamaica. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. "Watson film premieres Sunday", Jamaica Observer, 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015
  7. "Renowned Jamaican artist Barrington Watson dies". jamaica-gleaner.com.


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