African Fantasy Art
Most African Art is based on rich fantasy themes, expressed in colorful paintings, masks, canes, ceramic, statues, jewelry, textiles, canes, everyday utensils, etc.
African artists are spread all over the world. There are several organizations that support them. It is a superb lively art that brings to the fantasy art lover uniquely rich art, influenced by their equally rich culture and surroundings. I cannot but deeply love and admiire African Art. Some of it reminds me of Henri Rousseau's primitive art, one of my favorite.
In this page I'm including links to books and prints. The artists that created the prints may or may not be of African origin because I'm showcasing in this page not only the beauty of African art but African influenced art regardless of citizenship... I love fantasy art wherever I may find it!
Tingatinga African Art
Description of Tingatinga Art taken from a comment from eBay seller afroartplus from Australia:
"Original and Unique Hand painted African Art, Tingatinga painting
is a exceptional style of painting. You will not see this type of african
art anywhere else in the world. Tingatinga african art is primarily
produced and sold in Tanzania. It all started with a man called Eduardo
Saidi Tingatinga, a self-taught painter born in a village in southern
Tanzania (Tunduru District), hit upon a successful formula which quickly
found a market in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania largest city). He created
fantastic, colourful images of animals and people. Soon he attracted
young followers and the Tingatinga School arose, based in Msasani, Dar
es Salaam. Although Tingatinga died in 1972, still relatively young,
his vision lives on in works of Amonde, Mruta, Tedo, Mkemia, Rashidi,
Mpochogo,Hamad,Chriss and others. Tingatinga African Art can be described
as folk art or abstract art. Often painting the Maasai in their bright
coloured cloth. African artwork is beyond doubt a unique style of painting.
No two paintings will ever be the same."
He sold this beautiful piece called "Birds Birds Birds":
Hubpage
on Tingatinga Art-popular African Painting.
Great
examples!
Here you will find more jewels of popular worldwide Tingatinga
Art that you will simply love.
More
awesome Tingatinga Art!
Original
African Art where you will find several African artists that create original pieces
of fantasy art.
There is an illustrator in Atlanta that renders high quality
anime style art. Check her out at her blog Toujur's
Sketchbook/art blog
Here Toujur shows a movie of how she created her lovely black angel
"Ytals".
Recommended Books
"Arts of Africa: 7000 Years
of African Art" (Hardcover) by Ezio Bassani
This book highlights the archetypal and iconic works from
various regions and important historic periods, presenting
400 objects beautifully reproduced in full color from regions
now comprising Nigeria, Benin, the Congo, Gabon, Guinea,
the Ivory Coast, Mali, and Sudan. The book also examines
the influence of African art on 20th-century Western masters
such as Picasso, Modigliani, and Brancusi.
About the Author
Ezio Bassani is an art historian and has written extensively
on African art. Among his many publications is Power of
Form (ra, 2002).
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"A Celebration of African
Masks" (Hardcover) by Peter Step
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"African Art (World of Art)
(Paperback)" (Paperback) by Frank Willett
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"African
Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection"
(Hardcover)
This may not be the "Fantasy Art" we are used
to see but because Publishers Weekly describes it as a "...presentation
of an explosively imaginative group of artists (33)..."
and fantasy art has everything to do with explosive imagination
I'm including it here. Sometimes it's hard to draw a line...
Product Description
A major, lavishly illustrated study of contemporary art
being produced by the leading artists working in sub-Saharan
Africa. Painters, photographers, sculptors and installation
artists are represented from nineteen countries: Angola,
Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Republic
of Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone,
South Africa, Tanzania and Togo. Artists include Frédéric
Bruly Bouabre, Seydou Keita, Samuel Kane Kwei, Chéri
Samba and Malik Sidibé, among many others. African
Art Now offers a rare glimpse into the latest currents in
contemporary African art, showing how artists share an awareness
of both local and global cultures, thereby acknowledging
the complex heritage that African artists face today. An
important and compelling book that will appeal to anyone
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Prints with African Fantasy Art Themes
Please click on the images to zoom in.
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| Celebration |
| Keith
Mallett |
| 24x32
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