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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ottenberg, Simon
Language:English
Published: Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, [2014], ©2014.
Subjects:
Burney-Nicol, Olayinka, > 1927-1996.
Artists > Sierra Leone > Biography.
Women artists > Sierra Leone > Biography.
Creoles (Sierra Leone) > Biography.
Art, Sierra Leonean > 20th century.
Art, Modern > 20th century.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xxiii, 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.