Seydou Barry
Senegalese painter (1943–2007)
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Seydou Barry (1943 – 2007) was a Senegalese painter. He is part of the artistic movement called the Dakar School (French: École de Dakar), affiliated with Négritude.[1]
Seydou Barry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943 Thilogne, Matam Region, Senegal |
| Died | 21 August 2007 (aged 63–64) Dakar, Senegal |
| Education | École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal) |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Years active | 1963–2007 |
| Movement | Dakar School |
Biography
Seydou Barry was born in 1943, in Thilogne in the Matam Region of Senegal.[1]
He attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Dakar to study painting, and worked under artist Papa Ibra Tall.[1] In 1963, Barry started exhibiting his own paintings.
Barry worked at the National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès (French: Manufacture Nationale de Tapisserie de Thiès) as a painter and cartoonist, from 1961 to 1965.[1] His works and those of his co-workers were made into tapestries in 1975, entitled N'Danaane.[1]
Barry died on 21 August 2007, in Dakar.[1] A posthumous solo retrospective of thirty-five of his works, Seydou Barry Retrospective (2008), was held at Véma on the Dakar-Gorée pier.[2] His work is part of the art collection of the Senegal government.[3]
