Tingatinga

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Tingatinga painting style - Tanzania




Tingatinga -
a world of colors
exploding



Once there was a man called Edward S. Tingatinga.
He was born in the Namochelia village in Tunduru district in the South Tanzania.
During the 1960s he established an art form that became associated with Tanzania. Today, "Tingatinga" is the Tanzanian term for this form of art, known most intimately in Tanzania, Kenya, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Japan, Switzerland etc.
Boiled down to its core, Tingatinga art can be defined as painting on masonite using bicycle paint.
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But Tingatinga art lives on. Masonite boards painted with bicycle paint can still be found in well-stocked "curio shops", shopping centers and tourist shops in eastern and southern Africa, as well as in solidarity shops located throughout Western Europe. Export of Tingatinga paintings from Tanzania to Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and other tourist centers, seems to be lively.
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I saw this featured in on TV. The way a painter mixes only six colors to first brush a background and then, the simple strokes of animals, peoples and patterns, without any sketching, just like that
... whish whish ... in no time the painting is finished!








Tingatinga
Märchen und Bilder aus Tansania.
Dokumentation einer Sammlung der Vereinten Evangelischen Mission
Herausgegeben von Heidie Koch

source : Rüdiger Köppe Verlag





エドゥアルドサイディTingatingaアート

Tinga Tinga Art（ティンガ ティンガ アート）





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