Ben Enwonwu
Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu // (
listen) MBE (bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli July bɛɣu pinaa anahi dali, yuuni 1917 – ka o kani silimiingoli February dabaanu dali, yuuni 1994), salo mi o la Ben Enwonwu, o daa nyɛla Nigeria peenta ni sculptor.[1] Bani n daa nyɛ nucheeni tuun tumdi bi ban zali yuli gbansabila tiŋgbana ni yuma 20th daadaa saha.
O tuma nim shɛŋa
mali niŋ- Din yina National Archives and Records Administration puuni na
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"Dogari", 1949 -
"Father and Son" -
"Fulani Girl of Rupp", 1949 -
"Head of Hausa", 1958 -
"Head of Yoruba Girl" -
"Man with Banana Leaf" -
"Nkatamuo" -
"Waterside Scene", 1950
- Portrait of Chief Candido Joao Da Rocha (1951) which was exhibited during FESTAC LAGOS 1977
- Anyanwu (1954–55): Commissioned for the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos, still in situ.[4] A subsequent full-size version is part of the United Nations Art Collection at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.[5] Several smaller editions have been created.[6]
- Bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II (1956)[7]
- Seven sculptures for the Daily Mirror newspaper headquarters (1961)
- Sango (1964): the Yoruba god of lightning and thunder
- Ogbanje which is currently exhibited at Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (1967)
- Christine (1967): Sold in 2019 for $1.4 million.[8]
- Tutu (1973)
- Risen Christ (1986): was displayed University of Ibadan but was torched as a result of a political-religious tensions
Enwonwu's work is displayed in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos.[9]
His works can also be viewed at the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art Archived 15 Silimin gɔli April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
O kpaŋmaŋ pina nima
mali niŋ- 1944 – Shell Petroleum scholarship: to study in the United Kingdom
- 1954 – National Merit Award: for academic and intellectual attainment in Nigeria
- 1958 – Commonwealth Certificate in London: for contributions to art by the Royal Institute of Art
- 1958 – Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- 1971 – Officer of the National Order of the Republic in Senegal
- 1980 – National Order of Merit in Nigeria: for contributions to art in Nigeria
Maan lihi pahi
mali niŋKundivihira
mali niŋ- ↑ The painter who 'Africanised Queen Elizabeth'. BBC (17 October 2019).
- ↑ The Repair Shop – 60 Min Versions: Episode 8. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ↑ UK building relationship with Africa through art. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ↑ Ayodeji Rotinwa (23 April 2021). "Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu's greatest work is much loved by the art market—but it should mean more to art history too". The Art Newspaper. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/ben-enwonwu-anyanwu. İstifadə tarixi: 14 September 2021.
- ↑ Nigerian Sculpture at United Nations Headquarters. United Nations. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ↑ Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu M.B.E (Nigerian, 1917-1994) Anyanwu (1956). Bonhams. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ben Enwonwu: The Nigerian painter behind 'Africa's Mona Lisa'" (en-GB). BBC News. 2019-10-17. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50071212.
- ↑ "Ben Enwonwu: The Nigerian painter behind 'Africa's Mona Lisa'". BBC News. 17 October 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-50071212. İstifadə tarixi: 17 October 2019.
- ↑ NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART (NGMA), LAGOS. National Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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External links
mali niŋ- Andrea Estrada, "Art Historian Publishes Monograph on Ben Enwonwu", 93106, Vol. 19, No. 11, 23 February 2009, University of California, Santa Barbara.