Description: African board painting TingaTinga on Masonite ATHUMANI's Kilamanjaro Eleven TingaTinga painting has a brief but inspiring history. In 1961 Tanganyika became independent. In 1964 Tanganyika merged with the costal archipelago of Zanzibar to form The United Republic of Tanzania. At that time Edward-Saudi (ES) Tingatinga was working as a gardener in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Originally seeing paintings coming largely for West Africa being sold to tourists along the roadside, he thought he could paint at least as well. He began experimenting with painting using the materials he could obtain. Those were Masonite scraps and bicycle paints. By 1968 he had established a “studio” and a unique painting style that was attracting buyers and others. His subject matter came from whatever was around him -- people, animals, myths, landscape, sunset. Lacking any formal education Tingatinga did have some experience imitating Makonde and Makua wall paintings when he was a child. His TingaTinga style is probably the first uniquely Tanzanian art form. Edward-Saudi was a generous and exuberant, he willingly shared the knowledge of his skills with those close to him who wished to learn. In 1972 after only 4 years as an artist he was shot to death. His work continued to develop and blossom through his students who created the subsequent TingaTinga art movement. A wonderful painting celebrating the amazing animals of Africa painted in a style developed by the people have been there since the beginning
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: ATHUNAMI, ATHUMAN
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: ATHUMAN
Size: 24 in by 24 in
Signed: Yes
Title: Kilimanjaro Eleven
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Material: Acrylic on Masonite board
Item Length: 24 in
Framing: RIGID, MAY BE MOUNTED AS IS OR FRAMED.
Region of Origin: East Africa
Subject: Giraffe
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1987
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 24 in
Style: Black Folk Art, Contemporary Art, Experimental/Alternative, Figurative Art, Folk & Indigenous, Folk Art, Naïve art, Outsider Art, Primitivism, TingaTinga on board, a Tingatinga
Theme: Animals, Art, Nature
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Country/Region of Manufacture: Tanzania, United Republic of
Culture: Tanzanian
Item Width: 1/4 in thick
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1980-1989
