John Randolph Winslow

John Randolph Winslow made his transition peacefully at home on September 1, 2024. He was proud to have been born and reared in D.C. and to have lived in the city he loved for most of his 86 years. He is survived by his wife , Rosemary Winslow; a sister, Mary Winslow Poole; four children from a previous marriage–Clare, Harriet, John, and Edward Winslow-; and eight grandchildren.
Winslow attended Phillips Andover Academy; Princeton University (B.S. Architecture, 1960); and Yale University (B.F.A. Studio Art 1962; M.F.A., 1963). He worked as an architect for the New Haven Redevelopment Agency from 1962 to 1969 and from 1969 to 2001 as a professor at Catholic University with a joint appointment in Art and in Architecture.
Winslow began his career as a New Realist, then shifted in the mid-1980s to exploring ways to synthesize the syntaxes of Realism and Abstraction. This interest consumed his imagination through the remainder of his life. He was known by friends and family as a gentle, peaceful soul who loved people and beauty, expressing these together in joyful paintings for 65 years.
He showed at several galleries in the District and Maryland (Franz Bader, Gallery K, Fraser) Atlanta (Trinity), Palm Desert (Sotheby's), and Sandwich, New Hampshire (Carega). His paintings reside in museums and collections in D.C. and across the U.S. His work garnered many awards, including one for a show of large paintings at the invitational yearly at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. A retrospective of his work in 2015 at the American University Art Museum at the Katzen Arts Center embraced the expansive range of his achievement. Several paintings will be on view at the Katzen in Winter/Spring 2025 as part of the Joan and Bruce Weber Collection exhibit. To view paintings and further information, visit www.johnwinslow.com. There will be a celebration held at the studio at a later date.