Young Men of Clarendon by Barrington Watson

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"Young Men of Clarendon" is a celebrated painting by Jamaican artist Barrington Watson that portrays rural Jamaican youth with a dignified, realist style and is considered a landmark of modern Jamaican art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artHistoricalRelevance key work in defining a national Jamaican visual identity ⓘ
artisticStyle dignified representation ⓘ
realism ⓘ
associatedWith Jamaican independence era cultural production ⓘ
Nationalist art in the Caribbean ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Jamaica ⓘ
creator Barrington Watson ⓘ
culturalContext postcolonial Jamaica ⓘ
depicts rural Jamaican youth ⓘ
young men ⓘ
genre realist painting ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality Jamaican ⓘ
hasCreatorRole Barrington Watson as painter ⓘ
influencedBy Caribbean social realism ⓘ
European academic realism ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
medium oil painting ⓘ
movement modern Jamaican art ⓘ
partOf Barrington Watson’s Jamaican figure paintings ⓘ
portrays Black Jamaican subjects ⓘ
significance celebrated Jamaican painting ⓘ
landmark of modern Jamaican art ⓘ
subjectLocation Clarendon Parish, Jamaica ⓘ
theme dignity of working-class Jamaicans ⓘ
rural life in Jamaica ⓘ
youth and identity ⓘ
title Young Men of Clarendon ⓘ

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National Gallery of Jamaica → notableWorkExhibited → Young Men of Clarendon by Barrington Watson ⓘ
Young Men of Clarendon → title → Young Men of Clarendon ⓘ
linked to: Young Men of Clarendon by Barrington Watson