MWILA (20th Century - Lubumbashi, DRC) Lot n° 13

Untitled (Trio of birds). Oil on paper. 39 x 49. Signed, dated 1959, framed. In the 1940s, the French painter Pierre Robert Desfossés established his workshop, "Le Hangar" in Elisabethville. Mwila was a student there during the mid-20th century. The style of painting that emerged from Desfossés workshop is poetic-narrativist. It is seemingly flat and decorative due to its repetitive patterns. Like the painters of his generation, he draws his inspiration from nature to offer a dreamlike universe where life imposes itself in each brushstroke. This animal scene shows the sublime elegance of nature Lines full of harmony to delight us..