"Guilherme Marques d'Oliveira (brazil,1887- Kinshasa,1960). “canoes At The Edge Of The Lake”."
Wooden frame (usual wear), frame dimensions: 31 x 40 cm. Dimensions of the painting: 26 x 34 cm.Signed lower right, stamp on the back of the artist (Léopoldville), number of an exhibition (48), located (illegible pencil inscriptions).
Guilherme d'Oliveira Marques (1887 Brazil - 1960 Kinshasa)
Painter and sculptor He is considered one of the fathers of Africanist painting. He is buried in the Ngombé cemetery in Kinshasa.
Bibliography: Africanists, traveling painters: 1860-1960