Painting and Drawings from Kenya (2024)

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Painting and Drawings from Kenya

Contemporary Kenyan art draws on a workshop movement analogous to the better known Centre d’Art in Haiti in the 1940’s, the Oshogbo workshops in newly independent Nigeria (from which Twins Seven-Seven and others emerged) and the Central African Workshop School in Southern Rhodesia, which gave rise to the Shona stone sculpture movement. The Paa-ya-Paa Art Center opened in Nairobi in 1965, two years after Kenyan independence. Other centers followed, such as the Kuona Trust Art Studio, Banana Hill Art Studio, Ngecha Artist Association and more recently the Godown Arts Center. Many of Kenya’s leading artists, such as Sane Wadu and Kivuthi Mbuno, worked at these centers and first exhibited commercially at the ground-breaking Gallery Watatu, founded in Nairobi in 1969.

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February 11, 2023

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Elephant Fossil

SKU: Wadu-1

"Sane" Mbugua Wadu

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2000
Oil on canvas (48" h x 50"w), Framed.

$7500

Wedding

SKU: GTH-1101

Kenyan Artists, various

Kenya

George Thairu (1967 - 2006)
Nairobi, Kenya,c. 2000
Oil on canvas (29 1/2" h x 37"w)

$1800

Red Zebra

SKU: Kamicha-2

John Kamicha

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Mixed Media (23 1/2" h x 23 1/2"w)

$1575

The Myth of the Farmer and the Chameleon

SKU: Cartoon-4

Kamau “Cartoon” Joseph

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2011
Oil on canvas (14 1/4" h. x 23 1/4"w, 36cm x 59cm)

$1575

From the Market

SKU: Cartoon-3

Kamau “Cartoon” Joseph

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (24 1/4" h. x 14"w, 61cm x 35cm)

$1275

With her Pet

SKU: Cartoon-1

Kamau “Cartoon” Joseph

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (13 3/4" h x 13 3/4"w, 35cm x 35cm)

$750

Visited

SKU: JMB-1102

James Mbuthia

Kenya

Under the Tree

SKU: JMB-1101

James Mbuthia

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (12" h x 12"w, 30cm x 30cm)

$600

Nairobi Traffic

SKU: Kangethe-1

Kenyan Artists, various

Kenya

Evanson Kangethe - Nairobi, Kenya
2004
Ink on paper (14 1/8" h x 12 3/8"w)

$390

Abstract

SKU: YL-1101

Yassir Ali Mohammed

Kenya

Sudan

Sudanese, living in Nairobi, Kenya.
2009
Watercolor on paper (5 1/2" h x 5 1/2"w.)

$250

Mama Nyumba

SKU: Kaloki-1

Dickson Kaloki

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
2011
Oil on canvas (11 3/4" h x 11 3/4"w, 30cm x 30cm)

$225

Spend Night with Me

SKU: HSE-1101

Kenyan Artists, various

Kenya

"House" (Kanja) - Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
watercolor on paper (6 1/4" h x 9"w)

$150

Longing for Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa

Collected by Peter Beard
with drawings by Kamante Gatura, photographs and captions by Isak Dinesen
Chronicle Books Paperback edition 1990, San Francisco CA (originally published by HarcourtBrace Jovanovitch in 1975)
Used copy, very good condition.

Artists Included:

Kamante Gatura

$40 (paperback)

Old Tribesmen

SKU: KGA-1101

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (c.1970 - 1980).
Ink and colored pencil on paper (15" h x 20"w).

Price on Request

Three Elephants

SKU: KGA-0805

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

Lions Attacking Gazelles

SKU: KGA-0801

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (c.1970 - 1980).
Ink and colored pencil on paper (15" h x 20"w). Framed

Price on Request

Three Men Cooking

SKU: KGA-1104

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (c.1970 - 1980).
Ink and colored pencil on paper (15" h x 20"w). Framed.

Price on Request

Battle of Rhinos and Elephants

SKU: KGA-0803

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (c.1970 - 1980).
Ink, crayon and colored pencil on paper (15" h. x 20" w.).

Price on Request

Elephant Chasing Hippo

SKU: KGA-1103

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (c.1970 - 1980).
Ink, crayon and colored pencil on paper (15" h. x 20" w.).

Price on Request

Men in the Village

SKU: JOSG-2001

Joel Oswaggo

Kenya

n.d. (c.1970 - 1980).
Ink, gouache and colored pencil on paper (7" h. x 11 3/4" w.). Framed.

Price on Request

I Love You Dear

SKU: JMB-1103

James Mbuthia

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (20" h x 19"w, 50 x 48cm)

$1250

Product Status:

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Vulture

SKU: Kamicha-3

John Kamicha

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Mixed Media (21" h. x 10"w., 54cm x 26cm)

$750

Product Status:

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Together as One

SKU: JMB-1201

James Mbuthia

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on canvas (12" h x 12"w, 30cm x 30cm)

$600

Product Status:

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The Other Side of an African Woman

SKU: Kayako-1

Kenyan Artists, various

Kenya

Patrick Kayako - Nairobi, Kenya
c. 2010
Oil on paper (20" h. x 10 1/4"w.,)
Framed

$475 Framed

Product Status:

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Zebra

SKU: Kamicha-1

John Kamicha

Kenya

Nairobi, Kenya c. 2010
Mixed Media (8 1/2" h x 8 1/2"w)

$275

Product Status:

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Mutinda

SKU: mbuno-1

Kivuthi Mbuno

Kenya

c. 2010
Ink and colored pencil on paper (19" h x 231/2"w)

Price on Request

Product Status:

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Lions and Rhinos at Battle

SKU: KGA-0802

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (late 20th century)
Ink and colored pencil on paper (15" h x 20"w). Framed

Price on Request

Product Status:

Sold

A Lucky Shot

SKU: KGA-0804

Kamante Gatura

Kenya

n.d. (late 20th century)
Ink, crayon and colored pencil on paper (15" h. x 20" w.).

Price on Request

Product Status:

Sold

Contemporary Art of Africa

Andre Magnin, Jacques Soulillou (editors).

HarryN Abrams Inc., New York, 1996

Hardcover, 192 pages

Artists Included:

Twins Seven Seven

Frédéric Bruly Bouabré

Product Status:

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Painting and Drawings from Kenya (2024)