Alphonse KIABELUA, (Luba, DRC, 1927 - ?) Lot n° 18

Untitled (Village Scene). Oil on canvas. 30 x 48. Signed, 1950s/60s, framed. Alphonse Kiabelua was a brother of the Congolese painter Jean Bata He was a student in Pierre Romain-Desfossés' workshop (called "Le Hangar") in Elisabethville (now Lubumbashi) In '50 he became a member of the Stanley Pool School under the artist and teacher Laurent Moonens Kiabelua is a self-taught artist who painted mainly portraits with exaggerated heads in the style of "traditional" sculpture and landscapes scenes. This artist proposes an immersive art. The transport to a forest full of mysterious fables. Landscapes that hold unimaginable secrets. A gift for the most sensitive eyes.