Tingatinga Paintings from Tanzania

Tingatinga painting is a fascinating mixture between tradition and modernity. It is named after its founder, Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932 – 1972). He found his themes in the traditional illustrations on village huts and at first he painted animals and village scenes using bicycle paint. His relations and friends also took to this art form and they organised themselves in the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society.

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