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Amadou Kré M Baye
Senegalese Couple. Large Colourful African Acrylic Painting on Canvas.

2005

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$2,153.96
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£1,608.78
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€1,800
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CA$2,967.47
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A$3,234.02
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CHF 1,712.55
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MX$38,843.97
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NOK 21,681.29
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SEK 19,933.82
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DKK 13,712.88

About the Item

Large expressionist acrylic on canvas of a 'Senegalese Couple' by Senegalese artist Amadou Kré M'Baye. Signed bottom right and dated bottom left. An arresting and highly coloured double portrait painted with great energy and signature colours of blue, orange and areas of sgraffito. Kre M’Baye, also known as Amadou (or Armedy) Kre M’Baye (25 April 1949 – 21 October 2014), was a Senegalese artist and art instructor. He was born Andy Keve in Dakar, Senegal, on April 25, 1949. He was nicknamed “Kere” or “Kre” even as a primary school child because he used to draw constantly on the classroom blackboard with chalk (craie in French). Since 1969 he has been an associate of celebrated African artists such as Ibou Diouf, Mamadou Niang, Seidou Barry, Mor Faye (father of Ousmane Faye) and Art College professor Pierre Lods. In 1974 he played the head of a gang in the well-received movie Baks (Yamba), produced by Momar Thiam, but he abandoned acting in favour of his career as an artist. His first exhibition in 1976 at the Dynamique Museum of Dakar was highly acclaimed, his painting "The Messenger" receiving particular praise by President Léopold Sédar Senghor. Some of M'Baye's best-known works are his portraits of women inspired by the face of his mother Fari Fate (Mame Fari),“a woman of great renown; a fascinating storyteller of Senegalese history”. Very stylish, full of exuberance and cheerfulness, Fari Fate with her jewellery, her meticulous dresses, her elaborate hairstyles, inspired the artist to create a painting style full of fineness. M'Baye also has another painting style that tends to abstract paintings dominated by blue and orange colours. M'Baye is a disciple of Pierre Lods. In 1994 Gaston Madeira formed "Netty Guy" (The Three Baobabs), bringing together Kré M'Baye, Moussa N'Diaye Baydie M'Baye and Zulu, three painters representative of the School of Arts in Dakar, who in 1998 opened a gallery on the Senegalese island of N'gor and founded Workshops N'gor. He was a participant in Tenq, the first workshop on the Triangle model held in West Africa, which took place at the Lycée Cheikh Oumar Fontiyou in Saint-Louis, Senegal and the first event of Africa95, a year-long festival celebrating African arts in the UK and Africa, featuring 25 artists from 10 African countries and Great Britain. His paintings are widely collected and represented in private and national collections worldwide.
  • Creator:
    Amadou Kré M Baye
  • Creation Year:
    2005
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.73 in (75.5 cm)Width: 35.44 in (90 cm)Depth: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)
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  • Condition:
    Small circular flake of paint missing from top right corner and similar to the bottom left but not affecting the overall integrity of the painting. Otherwise the paint is in good order.
  • Gallery Location:
    Cotignac, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: GB/M Baye/SenegaleseCouple.1stDibs: LU1430210321792

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