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Uzo Egonu

Uzo Egonu (1931 - 1996) was active/lived in Nigeria, England.  Uzo Egonu is known for Painting, printmaking.

Born in 1931, Uzo Egonu left Nigeria at the age of 13 to complete his schooling in England where he then studied fine art and design at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London between 1949 and 1952. Unlike many of his Nigerian contemporaries similarly educated in Britain, Egonu chose to remain in London where, apart from a year spent in Paris in 1953, he lived and worked for the rest of his life.

Still Life (1980) was painted at the height of Egonu's mature period when he had adapted his practice to accommodate changes in his visual perception. Following the critical success of his paintings in Britain in the 1950s and 60s, Egonu embarked upon a decade of printmaking.

By 1979, his sight had been severely damaged by toxic fumes emitted from the oxidisation of materials employed in the etching process. His vision was so severely compromised that he had to mix colours from memory and used a rolled black tube to focus his sightline in order to assess the arrangemen   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3786 characters.]  Artist bio

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