When was cecil baugh born

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Vince Low Artist Biography. Patrick Burrows Artist. Artist Contemporary Russian. Young Authors Young Artist. Cecil Baugh Jamaican Artist. During his adolescent years he was given the task to take food for his brother at Long Mountain Road now Mountain View Avenue. It was here that he was first exposed to the ancient art of pottery. His work is represented in major Jamaican collections, such as the National Gallery of Jamaica, the Bank of Jamaica and the Hardingham Collection, as well as the private collections of international celebrities such as Stevie Wonder, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Diahann Carroll, and Alice Walker.

In the Institute of Jamaica awarded Pearson the Silver Musgrave Medal for outstanding merit for his contribution to the field of art and in , he was awarded the Order of Distinction — Commander Class, for his contribution to the development of the fine arts in Jamaica. This was an upgrade to the Officer Class designation he had received some years prior.

The Board of Directors and the staff of the National Gallery of Jamaica wish to extend their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Gene Pearson. Though there is a long tradition of pottery in Jamaica dating back to the Taino, Baugh was the first to systematically explore pottery as fine art; researching and utilising local clays and forms extensively and developing a number of glazes such as Egyptian Blue shown here.

He soon began to experiment with developing his own style. I thought of glazes but the transparent lead glaze was the only one available. So I started off to experiment. Louisa Jones "Ma Lou" - Bowl n. Louisa Jones O. He gave nearly half a century of his life to pottery — at first discovering and improving his own skills and later passing these skills on to others. Ceramics in Jamaica now have their own unique form, authentically Jamaican, evolved by Jamaicans for Jamaicans.

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