1946–1954 · Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) · DR Congo
Le Hangar (Lubumbashi)
The movement
Le Hangar (Lubumbashi)
1946–1954 · Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) · DR Congo
A workshop founded by the painter Pierre Romain-Desfossés, where painters without academic training were encouraged to paint from their own imagination. It later fed into the Académie des Beaux-Arts of Lubumbashi.
What to look for
Plants, birds and animals in dense pattern; dots and fine hatching; bright gouache; decorative, all-over compositions.
Masters of the school
- Pili Pili Mulongoy reference ↗
- Bela Sara reference ↗
- Mwenze Kibwanga reference ↗
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Works of the school
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