1. The Abayomi Barber Art School developed in the art workshop of the Center for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos. The Center founded in 1971, had its workshop built in 1972. The center as a unit of the University, functioned and with Barber in residence, became the arena for the birth of a new aesthetics artistic concept It became recognized as an artistic School in the annals of modern Nigeria art because of the consistency of style. Abayomi Barber, who initiated the School, is a versatile Painter, Sculptor, illustrator and a musician. The style of the school that he initiated is known for its combination of serenity, ultra naturalistic style and mystical effects as shown in the works of the artists of the School including Olu Spencer, Busari Agbolade among others. This consistency in stylistic approach has made the Abayomi Barber School an important event in modern Nigerian art history.