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1925 Kilumba - 1999 Lubumbashi. Known for: Painting.
Mwenze Kibwanga, son of a weaver, was born in 1925 in Kilumba, Katanga province. In 1934, he started attending classes at the Protestant mission in Mwanza, where he also took drawing lessons. He left... Read full biography
Mwenze Kibwanga, son of a weaver, was born in 1925 in Kilumba, Katanga province. In 1934, he started attending classes at the Protestant mission in Mwanza, where he also took drawing lessons. He left the village in 1942 to settle in Elisabethville and continued his basic education with the... Read full biography
Mwenze Kibwanga, son of a weaver, was born in 1925 in Kilumba, Katanga province. In 1934, he started attending classes at the Protestant mission in Mwanza, where he also took drawing lessons. He left the village in 1942 to settle in Elisabethville and continued his basic education with the Methodists for two more years. Unable to earn a living, he began to draw and was noticed by the Belgian Gaston Pletinckx in 1946, who took him under his wing and encouraged him to specialize in portraiture.... Read full biography
Mwenze Kibwanga, son of a weaver, was born in 1925 in Kilumba, Katanga province. In 1934, he started attending classes at the Protestant mission in Mwanza, where he also took drawing lessons. He left the village in 1942 to settle in Elisabethville and continued his basic education with the Methodists for two more years. Unable to earn a living, he began to draw and was noticed by the Belgian Gaston Pletinckx in 1946, who took him under his wing and encouraged him to specialize in portraiture. In 1950, Kibwanga was admitted to the "Atelier du Hangar" founded by French painter, Romain-Desfossés. There, he developed his style, bringing his subjects to life through a technique of hatching and parallel lines alternating between light and dark... Read full biography
Mwenze Kibwanga, son of a weaver, was born in 1925 in Kilumba, Katanga province. In 1934, he started attending classes at the Protestant mission in Mwanza, where he also took drawing lessons. He left the village in 1942 to settle in Elisabethville and continued his basic education with the Methodists for two more years. Unable to earn a living, he began to draw and was noticed by the Belgian Gaston Pletinckx in 1946, who took him under his wing and encouraged him to specialize in portraiture. In 1950, Kibwanga was admitted to the "Atelier du Hangar" founded by French painter, Romain-Desfossés. There, he developed his style, bringing his subjects to life through a technique of hatching and parallel lines alternating between light and dark tones that follow the shapes of people, animals, and vegetation. By reproducing the geometry of the wooden chise... Read full biography