Posted 7 years ago
Celiene
(71 items)
Check these out! All are approximately 12.5 x 9.5 inches. All painted on different thicknesses of 'construction' paper. The blue paper being the thickest. Each is signed by a different artists, but as you can tell- they are likely from the same tribe.
The blue paper one is hunting a gazelle, the pink paper is the gazelle getting ready to be skinned? (or cooked!) in the village and the orange paper (the thinnest paper) is hunting an ostrich? (a big bird, anyway!)
A very modernistic take on tribal art, don't you think?! I'm thinking 1960's.
(Does anyone else think the categories for listing SUCK as much as I do? Where is African art??)
LOL - I did an image search - and found these! (anyone a member of Terapeak?)
http://www.terapeak.com/worth/retro-mid-century-african-stick-figure-dancers-painting-on-blue-paper/261226110846/
these are great I wished I wou,ld have found these!!
I just found this one, too. I should have looked up first@ WOW! Do you know tribe,by chance, Sean?
http://www.decorativecollective.com/dealers/tryst-damour/p/mid-century-tribal-art-african-painting-by-aku-td289
And this one! CRAZY priced being asked. I have an Ex from south Africa who may have an idea. He collects African art. Here's ANOTHER!
http://www.rrtraders.com/Crafts/natpt2.htm
what are the prices was he asking ?
375.00! There are some on ebay cheaper!
I have these paintings and they where framed in 1957. I think they were painted in 49's or earlier 50's my research I found that it was a lady in the west The USA
Celiene,
These are all very wonderful!!
My are signed evert and okd and are on black
Beautiful paintings
Nice!!!!!
I found out they are from the Congo! Someone had posted some on line, and notated where they had purchased them from in the 1950's.
Oh wow - there was an exhibit of these in the UIS in the 50's. From Belgian Congo.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/248196557/native-paintings-from-the-belgian-congo?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share
Wow. Some people ask crazy prices. But here's MORE info!
"Has an abstract primitive feeling, so typical of the 1950's and is an excellent example of the work that began to come out of the Belgian Congo at that time. Work is in gouache on artist's paper and signed "tkoun Pa". Measures 9-5/8" X 12-5/8" mounted on board measures 11 X 14.
The Belgian Congo was a Belgian Colony in Central Africa between 1908-1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Matadi is a chief sea port and the capital of the Bas-Congo province."
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-c1959-Signed-Painting-from-Matadi-Belgian-Congo-/252714163399
FROM ANOTHER LISTING: The work has an abstract primitivist feeling, so typical of the 1950's and is an excellent example of the work that began to come out of the Kinshasa school in the Belgian Congo at that time. Such works were exhibited in Europe and the US.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-c1950-Belgian-Congo-DRC-Kinshasa-School-Triptych-Artwork-Signed-Gonard-/121916912977
I have three of the paintings they were framed when I got them at a neighbor garage sell there were her step fathers
Oh there were framed in the early 50's and they have the place and dat when they were
Warrior - What is the information on the back of yours? I was trying to find out where the US exhibit was.
I have 6 of these and on the back of one of mine it says r arbuthnott ardmoy rhu does anyone have any information on these paintings
Those are fantastic :))
Yes they are am just trying to find out about mine and the writing on the back of one of mine