Basil Barrington Watson (9 January 1931 – 26 January 2016) was a Jamaican painter.
Biography Born in 1931 January 9 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 at the age of 20. Watson also studied at Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam."", Jamaica Observer, 27 January 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018 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)."Introduction", Barrington Watson: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Jamaica.Tamara Scott-Williams, "Barrington Watson: A life in paint" , Jamaica Observer, 16 October 2011. 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."Watson film premieres Sunday ", Jamaica Observer, 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015 He died on 26 January 2016 at the age of 85.
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Barrington Watson – The Artist