The works of painter and printmaker Will Barnet are now on view in the exhibition “Will Barnet at 100” at the National Academy Museum through December 31. The exhibitions includes evidence of all the periods in Mr. Barnet’s working life, from the abstract compositions during both the earliest and the most recent points in his career to the highly stylized figurative paintings of his family and artist friends in between. The show is his first-ever retrospective in his adopted hometown, much to the surprise of the senior curator at the National Academy, who said she was stunned to learn that there hadn’t been one before. To read more about the exhibition and to learn more about Mr. Barnet’s life (and his 80 years of making art), you can read this article, which I found in the arts section of the Sunday New York Times. Among other things, it highlights information about how he got started as an artist, how his marriage (and divorce) and the accident that he suffered influenced his themes and styles through the years, and how he in turn has taught and influenced other artists–such as Cy Twombly and Eva Hesse.

Here are just a few examples of the artwork that will be on display: