Nigeria, England. 1916 - 1974
Portrait, allegory and landscape painting, cartoon drawing, teaching
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1933 - 2016. Known for: Painting.
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of these young artists was formed in response to Nigeria's recent independence from Britain. They propounded a new style that they termed 'natural synthesis'. Whilst the group firmly rejected the continued imposition of European artistic traditions and... Read full biography
On his return from Germany in 1963, Uche Okeke became the Art Director of the Mbari Art Centre in Enugu. In that year the Passion of Christ was a recurring theme for the artist. He had produced the stained-glass designs of the 'Fourteen Stations of the Cross' in Munich earlier in the year. Uche Okeke, along with fellow artists, Demas Nwoko, Yusuf Grillo and Oseloka Osadebe, was one of the founding members of the Zaria Art Society. Graduating from art college in the early 1960s, the aesthetic of these young artists was formed in response to Nigeria's recent independence from Britain. They propounded a new style that they termed 'natural synthesis'. Whilst the group firmly rejected the continued imposition of European artistic traditions and education, the society recognised that some benefits could be obtained from adapting the existing institutions to be more sympathetic to the... Read full biography
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Madonna & Child, the Manger
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Portrait of Kwame Nkrumah
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Crucifixion series (6)
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District Of Columbia / Ethiopia. 1937 - 2003
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New York / Ethiopia. Born 1978
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Sudan. Born 1966
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Nigeria. Born 1958
Painting
Africa. Born 1978
Street children portrait and figure painting, social commentary
Nigeria. Born 1934
Abstract figural paintings
Born 1957
Painting
Born 1979
Painting
Born 1945
Painting
Nigeria. Born 1931
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Nigeria, United Kingdom. Born 1958
Sculpture
Nigeria. Born 1975
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Nigeria. Born 1948
Painting
California, District Of Columbia / Ethiopia. Born 1950
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Nigeria. 1962 - 2017
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Benin. Born 1969
Paintings
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Africa, South Africa. 1938 - 2019
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Mozambique. Born 1975
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Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. 1950 - 2001
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Massachusetts, New York / Ghana, Nigeria. Born 1944
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Congo, The Democratic Republic of The. Born 1955
Painting
New York, Massachusetts / South Africa, Africa. 1939 or 1942 - 1991
Drawing, painting, murals and sculpture, teaching
Mozambique. 1936 - 2011
Painting
South Africa. 1935 - 1988
Terra cotta symbolic figurative sculpture