Ben Enwonwu

Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu // (listen) MBE (bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli July bɛɣu pinaa anahi dali, yuuni 1917 – ka o kani silimiingoli February dabaanu dali, yuuni 1994), salo mi o la Ben Enwonwu, o daa nyɛla Nigeria peenta ni sculptor. Bani n daa nyɛ nucheeni tuun tumdi bi ban zali yuli gbansabila tiŋgbana ni yuma 20th daadaa saha.

O tuma nim shɛŋa

• Din yina National Archives and Records Administration puuni na
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  "Dogari", 1949
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  "Father and Son"
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  "Fulani Girl of Rupp", 1949
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  "Head of Hausa", 1958
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  "Head of Yoruba Girl"
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  "Man with Banana Leaf"
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  "Nkatamuo"
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  "Waterside Scene", 1950

• Portrait of Chief Candido Joao Da Rocha (1951) which was exhibited during FESTAC LAGOS 1977
• Anyanwu (1954–55): Commissioned for the Nigerian National Museum in Lagos, still in situ. A subsequent full-size version is part of the United Nations Art Collection at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Several smaller editions have been created.
• Bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II (1956)
• Seven sculptures for the Daily Mirror newspaper headquarters (1961)
• Sango (1964): the Yoruba god of lightning and thunder
• Ogbanje which is currently exhibited at Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (1967)
• Christine (1967): Sold in 2019 for $1.4 million.
• Tutu (1973)
• Risen Christ (1986): was displayed University of Ibadan but was torched as a result of a political-religious tensions

Enwonwu's work is displayed in the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos.

His works can also be viewed at the Virtual Museum of Modern Nigerian Art Archived 15 Silimin gɔli April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.

O kpaŋmaŋ pina nima

• 1944 – Shell Petroleum scholarship: to study in the United Kingdom
• 1954 – National Merit Award: for academic and intellectual attainment in Nigeria
• 1958 – Commonwealth Certificate in London: for contributions to art by the Royal Institute of Art
• 1958 – Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
• 1971 – Officer of the National Order of the Republic in Senegal
• 1980 – National Order of Merit in Nigeria: for contributions to art in Nigeria

Maan lihi pahi

• List of Igbo people

External links

• Andrea Estrada, "Art Historian Publishes Monograph on Ben Enwonwu", 93106, Vol. 19, No. 11, 23 February 2009, University of California, Santa Barbara.