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The National Gallery of Jamaica pays tribute to its past Chairman, the eminent Jamaican journalist John Maxwell, who passed away on December 10.
John Maxwell chaired the National Gallery from 1977 to 1980. Under his chairmanship, a more active temporary exhibitions programme was instituted which included the takeover and redevelopment of the Institute of Jamaica’s Annual National Exhibition in late 1977, while the educational role of the gallery was expanded with the establishment of a second curatorial position with responsibility for education. His revival of the National Gallery’s artists’ fellowship programme in 1977 was short-lived through lack of budgetary support but was awarded to Milton George, Everald Brown and Albert Huie.
John Maxwell is present in the National Gallery’s permanent collection by means of a portrait of him by Valerie Bloomfield, dated 1971. The portrait is considered one of the finest examples of portraiture in Jamaican art.
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Irreplaceable, irrepressible John
Howard Campbell, Gleaner Writer
JOHN MAXWELL, the fiery journalist and environmentalist, died from lung cancer late Friday at the age of 76.
Maxwell was diagnosed with cancer in December 2008 and had been receiving treatment for the disease in The Netherlands. He returned to Jamaica in July last year to accept an honorary degree from the University of the West Indies which recognised his 57-year career as a journalist and his tireless fight to protect Jamaica's environment.
In an interview with The Gleaner last year, Maxwell blamed his illness on a lifelong smoking habit. It caused him to cut back writing Common Sense, his weekly column for the Jamaica Observer newspaper.
Maxwell's Frederick Douglass-styled hair and raspy voice made him a distinctive public figure. He worked at several publications including The Gleaner and Public Opinion, a weekly newspaper which supported the People's National Party (PNP).
Born in Trelawny, Maxwell was the eldest of three children for Baptist minister John William Maxwell and his wife Zelma. He was controversial during his years at Calabar High School and Jamaica College where he clashed with administrators.
That petulance carried over to The Gleaner, which he joined in 1952.
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