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JIMOH BURAIMOH Nigerian b. 1943 Acrylic on Canvas

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JIMOH BURAIMOH Nigerian b. 1943 Acrylic on Canvas
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Acrylic on canvas. Featuring a surrealist figure. Signed and attr. Jimoh Buraimoh (Nigerian, born 1943) on the lower right corner. 30 x 40 cm (11.8 x 15.7 in). Jimoh Buraimo is a Nigerian painter and artist. Chief Buraimoh is one of the most influential artist to emerge from the 1960s workshops conducted by Ulli Beier and Georgina Beier in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Since then, he has become one of the best known artists from Osogbo. Jimoh Buraimoh's works merge western media and Yoruba stye and motif. He is credited to being Africa's first head painter when in 1964, he made a contemporary art form inspired by the Yoruba tradition of incorporating beadwork designs into ceremonial fabris and beaded crowns.[1] In 1972, he represented Nigeria in the First All African Trade Fair in Nairobi, Kenya. One of his famous paintings was presented in World Festival of Black Arts, Festac '77. He was the first Nigerian to be awarded a membership in the Contemporary World Association of Mosaic Artists. Buraimoh's works have been exhibited both home and abroad. PROVENANCE: Private European estate