1937 onwards · Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Kampala · Uganda
Makerere School
The movement
Makerere School
1937 onwards · Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Arts, Makerere University, Kampala · Uganda
The art school started by Margaret Trowell at Makerere in 1937, the first in East Africa. Its students, from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, became the founding modern artists of the region.
What to look for
Figures from village life and story; strong carved wood and cast sculpture; earthy colour; later, abstraction.
Masters of the school
- Sam Ntiro reference ↗
- Gregory Maloba reference ↗
- Elimo Njau reference ↗
- Francis Nnaggenda reference ↗
- Eli Kyeyune reference ↗
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Works of the school
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