Germann
Untitled
Gouache auf Leinwandkarton.
Original catalogue wording
Ohne Titel
Gouache auf Leinwandkarton.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Pilipili Mulongoy
Born : 1914Died : 2007Documented citizenships : Congo - Kinshasa
Pilipili Mulongoy (1914–2007) belongs to the generation that renewed painting in the Congo during the mid-twentieth century. He developed his practice in Élisabethville, now Lubumbashi, at Le Hangar, the workshop founded by Pierre Romain-Desfossés in 1946. Alongside Bela Sara and Mwenze Kibwanga, he participated in an educational experiment encouraging imagination and individual pictorial languages.
Nature and animals occupy an essential place within this artistic context. Colour and formal invention give the compositions a dimension beyond straightforward documentation. Washington’s National Museum of African Art holds a Mulongoy painting dated to the 1940s–1950s. Recorded conversations published by the University of Amsterdam document his career. The Fondation Cartier’s “Beauté Congo” exhibition situated his work within the history of Congolese modernism.
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Germann · Piguet
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Germann
Jungle Life
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Jungle Life
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Piguet
Composition aux écureuils et oiseaux
Oil on canvas
Original catalogue wording
Composition aux écureuils et oiseaux
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2024-03-13
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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