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About Abayomi Barber
- Abayomi Adebayo Barber (born October 23, 1928) is a Nigerian contemporary artist who is the mentor of the Abayomi Barber Art School in Lagos, Nigeria.
- He is an important modern art figure in Nigeria but less well known in the Western World.
- He is best known for the application of naturalism and surrealism methods in his art works.
- Some of his signature works includes life sized busts of former Nigerian president, Murtala Mohammed and the former Oba of Ile-Ife, Adesoji Aderemi, another famous work is an oil painting of Shehu Shagari.
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