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Congo (1954–1964) was a chimpanzee artist and painter. Zoologist, author and surrealist painter Desmond Morris first observed his abilities when the chimpanzee was offered a pencil and paper at two years of age. By the age of four, Congo had made 400 drawings and paintings. His style has been described as "lyrical abstract impressionism". [1]
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Such paintings were exhibited in many modern art museums during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The cultural and scientific interest in these paintings diminished steadily and little note is taken today. The most successful chimpanzee artist is Congo (1954–1964). Morris offered him a pencil and paper at two years of age, and by the age of ...
Axelsson came up with the idea of exhibiting a series of paintings made by a non-human primate, under the pretense that they were the work of a previously unknown French artist named "Pierre Brassau", in order to test whether critics could tell the difference between true avant-garde modern art and the work of a chimpanzee. [1]
Another similarly disparate piece from this issue is the front cover, which was painted by Congo, the chimpanzee, for a study of the creative potential of apes. It has been noted that Congo was the only chimpanzee who appeared to make aesthetic decisions about his painting, and thus could be featured alongside these other artists for the issue.
A Banksy painting depicting the British Parliament as chimpanzees sold for $12m at Sotheby's in London this past Thursday. Yahoo Finance's Adam Shapiro and Julie Hyman discuss with the panel.
They paint, play with bubbles and forage for food like frozen strawberries, string beans and heads of lettuce. The entire population at Save the Chimps goes through 2,500 pounds of food a day ...
This category contains articles about non-human primates that create works of art. Pages in category "Art by primates" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.