Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu

Congolese artist

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Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu was a Congolese artist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo known for his political commentary through painting. He, like Chéri Samba, had no formal artistic training, and his style was improvisational and eclectic. Many of his paintings focused on the capture and death of Congolese political leader Patrice Lumumba, such as his work La Mort historique de Lumumba. His art offers a sombre perspective on political events in his country.1

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Like the painter Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu, also from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Samba had no formal training, and his style was improvisational and eclectic. Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu’s political commentary, however, is sombre; many of his paintings focus on the capture and death of Congolese political leader Patrice Lumumba…
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Like the painter Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu, also from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Samba had no formal training, and his style was improvisational and eclectic. Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu’s political commentary, however, is sombre; many of his paintings focus on the capture and death of Congolese political leader Patrice Lumumba…
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