“Tutu” is part of a set of three paintings created by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu around 1973, just a few years after Nigeria’s bloody civil war ended. The story goes that Enwonwu was ...

Ben Enwonwu’s painting of Ile-Ife princess ... made trips to the countryside surrounding Ife, sketching the landscape and recording cultural traditions and practices. It was during one ...

Since the death of the legendary Ben Enwonwu, his paintings have stirred countless ... He also illustrated the famous River Niger in River Niger Landscape (1963), although the outlook of the ...

Ben Enwonwu, also known as Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu, was a prominent Nigerian artist specializing in painting and sculpture. Born in 1921 in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, he passed ...

Ben Enwonwu has long been a household name in Nigeria and in African art circles. Yet it was only three years ago that the late pioneer of African art—often called “the father of African ...

By Farah Nayeri In 1971, an American hair stylist living in Lagos posed for a portrait by the artist Ben Enwonwu of Nigeria. Christine Elizabeth Davis (who was the wife of a British missionary ...

The first item evaluated during the most recent episode of Antiques Roadshow on the BBC was revealed to be a rare Ben ... art at Bonhams. Neither Peppiatt nor Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie, Enwonwu ...

“Tutu” is part of a set of three paintings created by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu around 1973, just a few years after Nigeria’s bloody civil war ended. The story goes that Enwonwu was ...