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Akinola Lasekan BIOGRAPHY
1916 Nigeria - 1974. Known for: Portrait, allegory and landscape painting, cartoon drawing, teaching.
'A versatile artist is not just one who works in many stress areas of art, but one who handles each area of his interest with maximum professional competence, making him a master in each area, to the... Read full biography
'A versatile artist is not just one who works in many stress areas of art, but one who handles each area of his interest with maximum professional competence, making him a master in each area, to the extent that it will be very difficult to really know the primary area of his specialty. He is not a... Read full biography
'A versatile artist is not just one who works in many stress areas of art, but one who handles each area of his interest with maximum professional competence, making him a master in each area, to the extent that it will be very difficult to really know the primary area of his specialty. He is not a "Jack of all trades", as the cliché goes, but he is a master of all trades; that is, in each, he is a master. Akinola Lasekan was indeed a versatile artist. He was a painter, illustrator, textile... Read full biography
'A versatile artist is not just one who works in many stress areas of art, but one who handles each area of his interest with maximum professional competence, making him a master in each area, to the extent that it will be very difficult to really know the primary area of his specialty. He is not a "Jack of all trades", as the cliché goes, but he is a master of all trades; that is, in each, he is a master. Akinola Lasekan was indeed a versatile artist. He was a painter, illustrator, textile designer, graphic designer, cartoonist, an art teacher, a proprietor and a curator: . As a painter, Lasekan distinguished himself as early as 1938 when the Weekly Record newspaper recognized him "as one of the portrait painters following the footsteps... Read full biography
'A versatile artist is not just one who works in many stress areas of art, but one who handles each area of his interest with maximum professional competence, making him a master in each area, to the extent that it will be very difficult to really know the primary area of his specialty. He is not a "Jack of all trades", as the cliché goes, but he is a master of all trades; that is, in each, he is a master. Akinola Lasekan was indeed a versatile artist. He was a painter, illustrator, textile designer, graphic designer, cartoonist, an art teacher, a proprietor and a curator: . As a painter, Lasekan distinguished himself as early as 1938 when the Weekly Record newspaper recognized him "as one of the portrait painters following the footsteps of Aina Onabolu, the pioneer." The evidence is there with his superb academy colour language that is greatly and gracefully acquired... Read full biography
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'A versatile artist is not just one who works in many stress areas of art, but one who handles each area of his interest with maximum professional competence, making him a master in each area, to the extent that it will be very difficult to really know the primary area of his specialty.
He is not a "Jack of all trades", as the cliché goes, but he is a master of all trades; that is, in each, he is a master. Akinola Lasekan was indeed a versatile artist... He was a painter, illustrator, textile designer, graphic designer, cartoonist, an art teacher, a proprietor and a curator:
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