Barrington Watson (9 January 1931 – 26 January 2016) Jamaican Artist In Memoriam

Barrington Watson

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

Biography

Born in 1931 in Lucea, 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. He travelled widely and then returned t the first Director of Studies at the Jamaica School of Art and co-founded the Contemporary Jamaican Artists' Association (1964–74). He later served as visiting professor at Spelman College, Atlanta. 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.
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. He died on 26 January 2016 at the age of 85.

Awards

• 1957 – British Council Scholarship
• 1958-9 – Jamaican Government Scholarship
• 1960 – German Government Scholarship
• 1960 – Dutch Government Scholarship
• 1961 – Jamaican Government Travel Scholarship
• 1967 – Special Award, Spanish Biennale – First Barcelona International Exhibition
• 1971 – Fulbright Professorship, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
• 1974 – Gold Medal, Jamaica Festival
• 1980 – Centenary Medal, Institute of Jamaica
• 1984 – Commander of the Order of Distinction, C.D.
• 1984 – Prime Minister of Jamaica's Award for Excellence
• 1999 – Barrington Watson Day in Atlanta, GA (11 February)
• 2000 – Gold Musgrave Medal
• 2001 – Citation, University of Technology, Jamaica

Notable works

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

 Barrington Watson – Mother and Child (1958-59), Collection: NGJ

Barrington Watson – Barbara (c1962), Aaron and Marjorie Matalon Collection, NGJ

 Out of Many One People 

Barrington Watson · 1962

 Barrington Watson – Washer Women (1966), Collection: NGJ

 Barrington Watson – Athlete’s Nightmare II (1966), A.D. Scott Collection, NGJ

The Hanging of George William Gordon
Barrington Watson
1968  

Triangle' (1972) by Barrington Watson. From the A.D. Scott Collection, National Gallery of Jamaica.

The Garden Party (detail)

Barrington Watson · 1976

 

Rt Excellent Sam Sharpe

Barrington Watson 1976

 Broom Crew (From The Garden Party)

Barrington Watson

  1976

 

Barrington Watson – Conversation (1981), Collection: NGJ

Sketch of a Woman
Barrington Watson
1981  

Sketch of a Woman

Barrington Watson · 1981

 

Mother & Child
Barrington Watson

 

Bob Marley
Barrington Watson

 

 Sunset at the Beach
Barrington Watson

Tamika
Barrington Watson 

After School
Barrington Watson

Sir Norman Washington Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica

Barrington Watson

The Maroon Dance
Barrington Watson  

Buff Bay
Barrington Watson

Fiona
Barrington Watson

 Orange Park Landscape
Barrington Watson

Orange Park #2
Barrington Watson

Portrait of AD Scott 1969
Barrington Watson  

Silver Palm
Barrington Watson 

Study drawing for Out of Many, One People 1962
Barrington Watson

The Ethopian Woman
Barrington Watson

Yallahs River #1
Barrington Watson

The Hibiscus
Barrington Watson  

Yallahs River #2
Barrington Watson

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Barrington Watson Film- Life Story

‘Launching the Boat’ Important Large Work by Barrington Watson Jamaica 1931-2016

Michael and Fidel

Mother and Child

Jonkonnu

 The Waterfall

 Barrington Watson at his Eastwood Park studio in 1967

 

Barrington Watson