This is the rating and price for Painting oil on canvas 60’s, signed, 42 x 34 cm. 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 specialise in portraiture In 1950, Kibwanga was admitted to the "l'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 by Mwenze Kibwanga

Mwenze Kibwanga (1925-1999)
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Painting oil on canvas 60’s, signed, 42 x 34 cm. 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 specialise in portraiture In 1950, Kibwanga was admitted to the "l'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
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Sale Title : Modern & Contemporary Congo Art It's free to register now to view!
Sale date : 24 Oct 2021 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : 16168372 Live Sale
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