Jimoh Bola Akolo (Nigerian, born 1934) Lion unframed. ,
Provenance : The collection of Dennis Duerden;
A private collection.
Exhibited (probably)
London, Commonwealth Institute, 'Jimo Akolo', 1964.
Jimoh Akolo studied under Dennis Duerden, an education officer in the Nigerian colonial service. He was a founding member of the Zaria Art Society (1958-62) along with Yusuf Grillo, Bruce Onobrakpeya, and other art students at the Zaria branch of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology.
In 1964 Akolo held a solo exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London. The foreword for this catalogue was written by Duerden. The works were not individually listed in the catalogue. Though it does record that: 'No. 19-34 Painted in 1962-63 in England'.
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