Dakar School
| Dakar School École de Dakar | |
|---|---|
| Years active | September 1960–1974 |
| Location | Senegal |
| Major figures | Léopold Sédar Senghor, Iba N'Diaye, Papa Ibra Tall, Pierre Lods, |
| Influences | Government of Senegal, Négritude |
The Dakar School (French: École de Dakar, lit. 'School of Dakar') is an art movement in Senegal at the dawn of independence, between 1960 and 1974. It was supported by the first Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor, and worked within the framework of the larger cultural movement of Négritude from the 1930s. The three teachers that were the foundering members of this art movement included Papa Ibra Tall, Iba N'Diaye, and Pierre Lods.[1]
History
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Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor was the first art critic of French-speaking Black Africa, which started with his first publication on the matter in 1956.[2] In his early years of office starting in 1960, Senghor created the Grand National Theater of Dakar (French: Grand Théâtre National de Dakar), the National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès (French: Manufacture Nationale de Tapisserie de Thiès), and the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (it merged in 1995 and now National School of Arts, Senegal) in Dakar.[3][4][5]
Under the paternalism of Senghor, the Dakar School was formed in September 1960 and its approach aimed to form a globalized contemporary art in Senegal.[6][7][2] It had retrofitted the ideas from Senghor's Black nationalist movement called Négritude (founded in the 1930s),[6] to demonstrate that the Black Africans were capable of creating beauty, but based on the model of Western contemporary art. The movement favored warm colors, figurative and abstract representations with references to African aesthetics and mythologies.[8]
The National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès tapestry weaving facility in the city of Thiès founded in 1966 by Papa Ibra Tall.[9] National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès was a government sponsored and supported by Senghor, and many of the Dakar School artist were involved with their work.[9]
List of associated artists
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- Seydou Barry (1943–2007)[11]
- Boubacar Coulibaly (1944–1984)[7]
- Alpha Walid Diallo (1927–2000)[2]
- Sea Diallo (1958–2025)[12]
- Ansoumana Diedhiou (born 1949)[6]
- Bacary Diémé (born 1947; also known as Bacary Diame)[11]
- Bocar Pathé Diong (1946–1989)[13]
- M'Baye Diop (1951–2013)[14]
- Daouda Diouck (born 1951)[13]
- Ibou Diouf (born 1953; also known as Ibrahima Diouf)[15]
- Théodore Diouf (born 1949)[6][7]
- Mor Faye (1947–1985)[16]
- Ousmane Faye (1940–2001)[6][13]
- Boubacar Goudialy (born 1946)[13]
- Khalifa Gueye (born 1945; also known as Serigne M'Baye Gueye)[7]
- Souleymane Keita (1947–2014)[15]
- Pierre Lods (1921–1988; or Pierre Jacques Andrés Lods)[1]
- Ousseynou Ly (born 1943)[14]
- Mohamadou M'baye (born 1945)[13]
- El Hadj M'Boup (born 1950)[14]
- Abdoulaye Ndiaye (born 1936)[7][13]
- Djibril N'Diaye (born 1945)[14]
- Iba N'Diaye (1928–2008)[5]
- Abdoulaye Ndoye (born 1951)[16]
- Maodo Niang (1949–2017)[13]
- Moussa Samb[7]
- Amadou Seck (born 1950)[13][17]
- Diatta Seck (1953–2015)[6]
- Philippe Sène (born 1949)[17]
- Younousse Sèye (born 1940)[18]
- Amadou Sow (1951–2015)[19]
- Papa Ibra Tall (1935–2015)[1][5]
- Chérif Thiam (born 1951)[20]
- Amadou Wade Sarr (born 1950)[21]
See also
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