Mwila (20Th Century – Lubumbashi, DRC) Lot n° 1

Oil on canvas 1958, signed, 44 x 49 cm. 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