1960s onwards · Oshogbo (Osogbo), Osun State, Nigeria · Nigeria
Oshogbo School
The movement
Oshogbo School
1960s onwards · Oshogbo (Osogbo), Osun State, Nigeria · Nigeria
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 ↗
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Artists in the library
- Adebisi Fabunmi
22 works - Georgina Beier
2 works - Issac Ojo Fajana
2 works - Rufus Ogundele
1946–1996 · 20 works - Tijani Mayakiri
1937–1992 · 12 works - Twins Seven-Seven
8 works
Works of the school
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitled, 1985Nwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledpaperNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Tijani MayakiriUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1987Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1987Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1993Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1990Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1993Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1993Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1992Nwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitled, 1992PaperNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleIroko SpiritNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Rufus OgundeleUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Issac Ojo FajanaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Issac Ojo FajanaUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Georgina BeierUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Georgina BeierUntitled, 1989Nwuba Art Collection
Twins Seven-SevenUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection
Adebisi FabunmiUntitledNwuba Art Collection