Grew out of the Mbari Mbayo club and the workshops of Ulli and Georgina Beier, Susanne Wenger and Duro Ladipo in the early 1960s. Artists with little or no formal art training drew on Yoruba myth, orisa worship, folktales and the life of the town.

What to look for

Bold, flat colour and outline; dense pattern filling the picture; figures from Yoruba myth and the orisa; beadwork, batik and adire techniques; lino and metal relief; a strong sense of storytelling.

Masters of the school

• Twins Seven-Seven
• Jimoh Buraimoh reference ↗
• Muraina Oyelami reference ↗
• Rufus Ogundele
• Adebisi Fabunmi
• Nike Davies-Okundaye reference ↗
• Jacob Afolabi reference ↗
• Susanne Wenger reference ↗

Read more

• Osogbo art school (Wikipedia) ↗
• Mbari Mbayo Club (Wikipedia) ↗
• Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, UNESCO ↗