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Prince Twins Seven-Seven BIOGRAPHY
1944 Ijara, Nigeria - 2011 Ibadan, Nigeria. Known for: Brightly colored patterned painting.
Following is the obituary of the artist by William Grimes, The New York Times, July 3, 2011. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by William Grimes, The New York Times, July 3, 2011. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by William Grimes, The New York Times, July 3, 2011. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria. He was 67. The cause was complications of a stroke, Harriet B. Schiffer, his dealer, said. Prince Twins... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by William Grimes, The New York Times, July 3, 2011. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria. He was 67. The cause was complications of a stroke, Harriet B. Schiffer, his dealer, said. Prince Twins Seven-Seven changed his birth name, Olaniyi Osuntoki, to signal his status as the sole surviving child of his parents' seven sets of twins. "They believed that I was the reincarnation of twins they had lost," he told The Baltimore Sun in 2001.... Read full biography
Following is the obituary of the artist by William Grimes, The New York Times, July 3, 2011. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67. Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria. He was 67. The cause was complications of a stroke, Harriet B. Schiffer, his dealer, said. Prince Twins Seven-Seven changed his birth name, Olaniyi Osuntoki, to signal his status as the sole surviving child of his parents' seven sets of twins. "They believed that I was the reincarnation of twins they had lost," he told The Baltimore Sun in 2001. "Prince" was more than a flourish. His grandfather was king of Ibadan in the 1890s and, until the artist became... Read full biography
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Following is the obituary of the artist by William Grimes, The New York Times, July 3, 2011
Prince Twins Seven-Seven, Nigerian Artist, Dies at 67
Prince Twins Seven-Seven, a prominent Nigerian artist and leading representative of the Oshogbo School, whose brightly colored, intricately patterned paintings evoked the world of Yoruba folklore and religion, died on June 16 in Ibadan, Nigeria. He was 67.
The cause was complications of a stroke, Harriet B. Schiffer, his dealer, said. Prince Twins Seven-Seven changed his birth name, Olaniyi Osuntoki, to signal his status as the sole surviving child of his parents' seven sets of twins. "They believed that I was the reincarnation of twins they had lost," he told ...But wait, there's more...
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