Yusuf Grillo
Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo | |
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Nigeria | |
Died | 23 August 2021 (aged 86) |
Known for | Contemporary art |
Yusuf Grillo (1934 – 23 August 2021) was a Nigerian contemporary artist known for his inventive works and the prominence of the color blue in many of his paintings.[1] He was president of the Society of Nigerian Artists.
Life
Yusuf Grillo was born in
United States of America
. He was known for his prominently blue artworks.
Grillo is considered to have been one of Nigeria's outstanding academically trained painters; he emerged to prominence and international recognition in the 1960s and 1970s, while exhibiting a large collection of his early works. He makes use of his western art training in many of his
Yoruba sculpture characteristics. His preference for color blue in natural settings paintings, is sometimes similar to the adire or resist-dye textiles used in Nigeria. He was at one time the Head of the Department of Art and Printing at Yaba College of Technology.[2][3]
Picturesque of Art
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Death
He died from complications of COVID-19 on 23 August 2021.[4]
Notable works
- Drummers return currently exhibited at Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art[citation needed]
- Sultan Bello Mural
- Mother and child
- Moslem Woman
- Abe nu gongo, 1993[5]
References
- ^ "Eminent artist, Yusuf Grillo goes home at 86". The Guardian (Nigeria). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Art is my life, it's what I will do till I die — Yusuf Grillo". The Vanguard. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ISBN 0-7658-0138-8
- TheNEWS magazine. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art". museum.pau.edu.ng. Retrieved 16 April 2024.