Mulongoy PILIPILI, (Ngolo, Katanga, 1914 – Kinshasa,... Lot n° 26

Untitled (Animals). Oil on canvas. 77 x 108. Signed, after the 1970s, framed. PiliPili was born into a family of fishermen in Ngolo, in the province of Katanga, in the former Belgian Congo. In 1947, he managed to enter the young "Academy of Indigenous Art", the official name of the Hangar Workshop created by the former officer Pierre Romain-Desfossés. Later, PiliPili joined the Academy of Fine Arts in Lubumbashi as a teacher Each scene in his paintings is meticulously executed and the movements are accentuated by the application of fine touches of bright colors that quickly catch the eye His work is a window into a magical forest Don't be surprised if you can feel the humid harmonies of the forest..