"Pilipili Mulongoy (1914-2007) A Pair Of Birds Protecting The Nest, Painting On Canvas"
Painting on Canvas "A Pair of Birds Protecting the Nest".Celebrated artist Pilipili Mulongoy worked as a house painter before joining Pierre Romain-Desfossés’s atelier, Le Hangar, in Lubumbashi, Congo, in 1947. The painting school was a hotbed of creativity for Congolese artists. In the 1950s, the atelier was folded into Kinshasa’s Académie des Beaux-Arts, where Mulongoy became a teacher. Mulongoy’s colorful, folkloric paintings depict African wildlife and people, often set against fantastical landscapes. In 2015–16, Mulongoy was featured in a survey of modern and contemporary Congolese art, “Beauté Congo 1926–2015 Congo Kitoko,” at the Fondation Cartier alongside artists like Moke, Chéri Samba, and Sammy Baloji. The artist died in 2007.
99 x 100.5 cm, painting 95 x 97 cm
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