Gebre Kristos Desta

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Gebre Kristos Desta

Ethiopian artist and poet

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African art
African art in the 20th century and beyond
…the striking images of Ethiopian Gebre Kristos Desta, a leading painter, poet, and teacher who studied clerical literature and the religious art of the Eastern Coptic Orthodox tradition before becoming an artist; and the beautiful and evocative abstractions of Kamala Ishaq, from Sudan, reveal the richness and variety of African…
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…the striking images of Ethiopian Gebre Kristos Desta, a leading painter, poet, and teacher who studied clerical literature and the religious art of the Eastern Coptic Orthodox tradition before becoming an artist; and the beautiful and evocative abstractions of Kamala Ishaq, from Sudan, reveal the richness and variety of African…
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