Amadou Ba (artist)
Amadou Yéro Bâ | |
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| Born | Agniam Thiodaye Matam 1945 (age 78–79) Agnam Thiodaye, Matam Region, Senegal |
| Other names | Amadou Yoro Ba |
| Education | École Nationale des Beaux Arts |
Amadou Yéro Bâ (born 1945), commonly known as Amadou Bâ, is a Senegalese painter.[1]
Biography
[edit]Amadou Yéro Bâ was born in 1945, in Agnam Thiodaye, Matam Region, Senegal.[1] He studied engraving at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (formerly known as the École des Arts du Sénégal) in Dakar.[1] His studies continued under Pierre Lods (1921–1988; founder of the Poto-Poto School of Painting).[2]
Bâ is often considered self taught in painting.[1] His early work used India ink, and his later work was made with oil paint and/or acrylic paint.[1] In the 1980s to 1990s, the primary subject of his work was focused on the Fulani herdsmen of West Africa,[1] and contained imagery of nomadic life such as shepherds, oxen, flat-bottomed boats, rivers and dancers.[2]
Bâ was one of the sixty Senegalese artists included in the group exhibition, Art contemporain du Senegal (1974–1982), which traveled internationally for two years;[3] as well as the group exhibition Art senegalais d'aujourdh'ui (1974) at the Grand Palais in Paris.[4][5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Sy, El Hadji (21 March 2000). "Ba, Amadou". Grove Art Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t096554. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ a b "Amadou Bâ". Dakar Women's Group. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Ministère de la coopération et du développement, Senegal (1990). Art contemporain du Sénégal: 18 septembre–28 octobre 1990 à La Grande Arche de la Fraternité. Paris, France: ADEC. OCLC 22881801.
- ^ Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth; Fillitz, Thomas (2020-06-15). Dak'Art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-000-18563-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France) (1974). Art sénégalais d'aujourd'hui: exposition Galeries nationales du Grand Palais ... 26 avril–24 juin 1974 (in French). Éditions musées nationaux. p. 16 – via Google Books.
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