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Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile" Feni (May 21, 1942 – 1991) was a South African contemporary visual artist known for both his drawings and paintings that included sculptural elements, as well as for his sculptures, which often depicted the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. [1]
Gerard Sekoto OIG [1] (9 December 1913 – 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as a pioneer of urban black art and social realism . His work was exhibited in Paris , Stockholm , Venice , Washington , and Senegal , as well as in South Africa.
The following list of Senegalese artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Senegal, ...
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Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu // ⓘ MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. [1] Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of modern African art.
Chéri Samba was born in Kinto M’Vuila, Democratic Republic of Congo,as the elder son of a family of 10 children. His father was a blacksmith and his mother a farmer. In 1972, at the age of 16 Samba left the village to find work as a sign painter in the capital of Kinshasa, where he encountered such artists as Moké and Bodo.
In 1962, during South Africa's apartheid era, his most famous work, Black Christ, was unveiled at St Luke's Church in the Cape Town suburb of Salt River. It depicted African National Congress leader Chief Albert Luthuli as Christ crucified, flanked by two Roman centurions, then National Party prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd and justice minister ...
Gate of Villa Alpha No. 2, the residence of the Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle in Awassa. The early 1980s saw a second major exhibition in Moscow and an exhibition in Bonn. In 1981, his painting Self-portrait was the first work by an African artist to enter the permanent collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.