DR OKU AMPOFO | Berj Art Gallery | Ghanaian Artist | Sculpture
Dr. Kwaku Oku Ampofo (1908-1998) was an extraordinary figure whose life wove together the realms of art and medicine in a tapestry of unprecedented accomplishments. He was not only a distinguished sculptor and a revered allopathic medical practitioner but also stood as a vanguard of Pan-African cultural advocacy in Ghana.
Oku Ampofo - Wikipedia
Oku Ampofo (4 November 1908 – 1998) was a Ghanaian sculptor and medical doctor. He became the first Ghanaian to receive a government scholarship to study medicine. [1] Oku Ampofo was born in Amanase in Akuapem, Gold Coast.
Oku Ampofo - Artnet
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Oku Ampofo - art-road.org
2024年9月29日 · Ampofo’s work has inspired many Ghanaian artists, painters, and sculptors. In 1966 Dakar, he organized the Tendances et Confrontations, an exhibition meant to show various African art scenes, during the Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres. The artist has done various exhibitions around the world, including Brazil, England, Romania, etc.
OKU AMPOFO: RENOWNED PHSICIAN AND PIONEER PAN …
2013年12月13日 · Ampofo as an instigator and innovator in sculptural art produced one of the art best works during his lifetime. "One of Ampofo's sculptures, of a native woman mourning in the wake of Kennedy's assassination in 1964, sits in the Africa Room of the Kennedy Center in Washington," said Winn, who maintains a foundation in the physician's honor.
The Pioneers III: Oku Ampofo – Medicine Man - ARTcapital Ghana
2019年9月20日 · Dr. Oku Ampofo was a rare individual. He was a renowned sculptor, with works exhibited worldwide in Senegal, Nigeria, England, Israel, Brazil and in the US. His most famous sculpture “Asase Due” (Condolences Mother Earth), of an African woman mourning in the wake of John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1964, is a fixture of the Africa Room ...
Oku Ampofo | 1 Artworks - MutualArt
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Oku Ampofo | 1 Artworks at Auction - MutualArt
Oku Ampofo was a Ghanian artist who was born in 1908. The maker's first piece to be offered at auction was "Head of a Young Boy" at Sotheby's London in 2024. The artist died in 1998. 57 by 12.5 by 14cm., 22½ by 4⅞ by 5½in. Have You Considered? Stay up to date with Oku Ampofo (Ghanian, 1908 - 1998) .
Oku Ampofo | Global
Dr. Oku Ampofo (1908-1998) of Mampong, Ghana, lived in Edinburgh from 1932 to 1940, and became the first Ghanaian to receive a government scholarship to study Medicine (Ofori, 2018). He began at the University of Edinburgh in 1933 and attended the night school of Edinburgh School of Art, studying under sculptor Norman Forest (Labi, 2013).
Oku Ampofo
The present lot, entitled Head of a Young Boy, demonstrates Ampofo’s acute understanding of precolonial West African sculptural traditions. Ampofo elongates the head of his sitter beyond the point of naturalism, alluding to facial features with sumptuously carved undulations which further emphasise a sense of proportionality akin to that of ...