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CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ;THEIR WORKS.
Aina Olabolu :art educator and painter Cheif Aina Onabolu (now late) was born in Ijebu-ode in Ogun state, Nigeria in the year 1882. The general impression the Europeans were having about contemporary African art was that of primitive and lacked impact on orld civilization Onabolu grew up in the midst of that notion and was determined to prove the white people wrong. He started to practice art on his own in 1900 even when he was in government employment, first in the Marine and later in the Customs Department. He was able to draw and paint successfully even without any formal education in Art. Cheif Onabolu later travelled to England in 1920 to study art st. John’s wood art school, London and Julain academy in Paris. He returned to Nigeria after two years with a diploma in fine art such training gave him some knowledge in academic paintings, perspective and formal Eu.ropean Art Education. He was a pioneering Nigerian modern arts teacher and painter who was an important figure in the introduction of arts into the curriculum of secondary schools in the country. He was also the major figure in Nigeria that promoted the drawing of environmental forms in a verisimilitudinous style and was known for his early modern work in portraiture Works
Onabolu's major art works were portriats His portrait of Mrs Spencer Savage in 1906 is sometimes credited as one of the earliest outstanding work of art that used a western and modern style and technique. Another major work of his was the portrait of Mr Randle. The latter was his mentor who got his attention on the deleterious characteristics of colonialism which was accentuated with a segregationist governor in the person of Walter Egerton. Several of his portraits are held in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lago.
The major figures in his work were Lagos elites who were successful
Aina Olabolu :art educator and painter Cheif Aina Onabolu (now late) was born in Ijebu-ode in Ogun state, Nigeria in the year 1882. The general impression the Europeans were having about contemporary African art was that of primitive and lacked impact on orld civilization Onabolu grew up in the midst of that notion and was determined to prove the white people wrong. He started to practice art on his own in 1900 even when he was in government employment, first in the Marine and later in the Customs Department. He was able to draw and paint successfully even without any formal education in Art. Cheif Onabolu later travelled to England in 1920 to study art st. John’s wood art school, London and Julain academy in Paris. He returned to Nigeria after two years with a diploma in fine art such training gave him some knowledge in academic paintings, perspective and formal Eu.ropean Art Education. He was a pioneering Nigerian modern arts teacher and painter who was an important figure in the introduction of arts into the curriculum of secondary schools in the country. He was also the major figure in Nigeria that promoted the drawing of environmental forms in a verisimilitudinous style and was known for his early modern work in portraiture Works
Onabolu's major art works were portriats His portrait of Mrs Spencer Savage in 1906 is sometimes credited as one of the earliest outstanding work of art that used a western and modern style and technique. Another major work of his was the portrait of Mr Randle. The latter was his mentor who got his attention on the deleterious characteristics of colonialism which was accentuated with a segregationist governor in the person of Walter Egerton. Several of his portraits are held in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lago.
The major figures in his work were Lagos elites who were successful