Yusuf Grillo
Yusuf Grillo | |
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 Yoruba Bride by Yusuf Grillo | |
| Born | 1934 Brazilian Quarters of Lagos, 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 Lagos and attended Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology in Zaria, where he received a diploma in Fine Arts and a post-graduate diploma in education. In 1966, he left Zaria for study at the academic halls of Cambridge University and later traveled to Germany and the United States of America.
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 paintings, combining western art techniques with traditional 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]
He died from complications of COVID-19 on 23 August 2021.[4]
Notable works
1983–1999 - Drummers return currently exhibited at Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
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.
- ^ Toyin Falola, Christian Jennings. Africanizing Knowledge (Clt): African Studies Across the Disciplines, Transaction Publishers, 2002. p 177-178. ISBN 0-7658-0138-8
- ^ "Veteran Artist, Yusuf Grillo dies at 86". TheNEWS magazine. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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