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Olayinka : a woman's view : the life of an African modern artist / Simon Ottenberg.

Title
  1. Olayinka : a woman's view : the life of an African modern artist / Simon Ottenberg.
Published by
  1. Trenton : Africa World Press, [2014]
  2. ©2014
Author
  1. Ottenberg, Simon

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Description
  1. xxiii, 327 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. A biography of Miranda Olayinka Burney-Nicol, an African artist from Sierra Leone whose modern art expressed an Africanized version of British culture.
Alternative title
  1. Woman's View
  2. Life of an African modern artist
Subject
  1. Burney-Nicol, Olayinka, 1927-1996
  2. 1900-1999
  3. Artists > Sierra Leone > Biography
  4. Women artists > Sierra Leone > Biography
  5. Creoles (Sierra Leone) > Biography
  6. Art, Sierra Leonean > 20th century
  7. Art, Modern > 20th century
Genre/Form
  1. Biographies
Contents
  1. Introduction : the Sierra Leone setting for an artist's life -- Growing up in Freetown -- New worlds for Olayinka -- Return to a livelier Freetown -- Government artist : 1958-1968 -- Mature years : 1968-1988 -- Final years in England -- Oil paintings, assemblages and works in wood -- Landscapes, drawings, prints and textile designs -- Olayinka's art and person -- Olayinka's four worlds.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.
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