Tribute to Barrington Watson

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

Barrington Watson – Self Portrait (1962) Collection: NGJ

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

Barrington Watson – portrait of A.D. Scott (c1969), A.D. Scott Collection, NGJ

Barrington Watson – Portrait of the Rt. Hon. Michael Manley (1975), Collection: NGJ

Barrington Watson – Conversation (1981), Collection: NGJ

Barrington Watson – Dancer at Rest (c1962), Collection: NGJ

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

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

Further to our tribute to Prof. the Hon. Barrington Watson, O.J., who passed away on Tuesday, January 26, we have mounted a special display of some of Barrington’s key works from our collections, namely: Mother and Child (1958-59), Self-Portrait (1962), Barbara (1962), Dancer at Rest (c1962), Washer Women (1966), Conversation (1981) and Samantha’s World (1962). Works by Barrington from our collections can also be seen in the A.D. Scott Galleries, which presently feature his Portrait of A.D. Scott (1970) and Michael and Fidel (1977), both from the A.D. Scott Collection, and in the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition, which features Triangle (1972, A.D. Scott Collection), Athlete’s Nightmare II (1962, A.D. Scott Collection), Portrait of the Rt. Hon. Michael Manley (1975), and  Fishing Village (1996, Aaron and Marjorie Matalon Collection).