Untitled - DR Congo
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Untitled, an oil on canvas with frame by Kaniemba from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, signed and dated 1968, 60 x 70 cm, provenance: private collection, excellent condition, authentic/original.
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Authentic Congolese painting signed Kaniemba and dated 1968 - Hangar School - Elisabethville. Oil on canvas in a frame - 60 x 70 cm - Very good condition. Direct provenance from a family inheritance (daughter of a former Belgian colonist).
Artist: KANIEMBA (1937), whose full name Kaniemba Louis Timothée, was born in 1937 in a village in the Congo. He is a major Congolese painter from the Hangar School (Lubumbashi). Trained by master Pili Pili Mulangoy, he is distinguished by poetic scenes of daily life and animals, often painted directly with the finger.
The Hangar School refers to a pioneering workshop of indigenous art founded in 1946 in Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi, DRC) by the French painter Pierre Romain-Desfossés. He, a professor at the Fine Arts Academy of Elisabethville, taught him to paint and encouraged him to persevere. KANIEMBA nevertheless left these lessons in 1956, and became close to a young artist, MWILA ANDRE. They went on to create their own studio.
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Authentic Congolese painting signed Kaniemba and dated 1968 - Hangar School - Elisabethville. Oil on canvas in a frame - 60 x 70 cm - Very good condition. Direct provenance from a family inheritance (daughter of a former Belgian colonist).
Artist: KANIEMBA (1937), whose full name Kaniemba Louis Timothée, was born in 1937 in a village in the Congo. He is a major Congolese painter from the Hangar School (Lubumbashi). Trained by master Pili Pili Mulangoy, he is distinguished by poetic scenes of daily life and animals, often painted directly with the finger.
The Hangar School refers to a pioneering workshop of indigenous art founded in 1946 in Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi, DRC) by the French painter Pierre Romain-Desfossés. He, a professor at the Fine Arts Academy of Elisabethville, taught him to paint and encouraged him to persevere. KANIEMBA nevertheless left these lessons in 1956, and became close to a young artist, MWILA ANDRE. They went on to create their own studio.
Not sold to the USA
Details
Country of Origin
DR Congo
Period
Mid 20th century
Material
Oil on canvas, framed
Condition
Excellent condition
Title of artwork
Untitled
Height
60 cm
Width
70 cm
Provenance
Private collection
Authenticity
Original/official
