Dancers - Ben Enwonwu - African Painting Masterpiece - Posters
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Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE (1917 – 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century,
Since 1950, Enwonwu has been celebrated as "Africa's Greatest Artist" by the international media.
The Enwonwu crater on the planet Mercury is named in his honor.
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About Dancers Ben Enwonwu African Painting Masterpiece
Ben Enwonwu was born in 1917 in Onitsha in Nigeria to a sculptor father and a successful merchant mother, Enwonwu had a gift for the arts from a young age. At the age of 17, he enrolled at Government College, Ibadan, where he studied fine art under the supervision of art tutor Kenneth C Murray. Two years later, he received a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Fine Art at the University of London, UK.Enwonwu supported the Negritude movement - an anti-colonial cultural and political movement founded by a group of African and Caribbean students in Paris in the 1930s - and created a series of paintings and sculptures of the same name, celebrating Africa and blackness. His work has undoubtedly influenced many contemporary African artists. Enwonwu's dream of a world where African art was celebrated still lives on, and with the recent surge of international interest in contemporary African art, it is closer than ever. About the Posters
Dancers - Ben Enwonwu - African Painting Masterpiece by Ben Enwonwu. Our posters are produced on acid-free 220 GSM papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a sufficent white border around the image to allow for future framing, if desired. Product will be shipped in 2-3 days
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