Agegnehu Engida
Template:Short description Agegnehu Engida (1905 – 1950),[1] was an Ethiopian modern painter. He blended abstraction, expressionism, and surrealism, but maintained a style that was "distinctively Ethiopian."[2]
Biography
As part of Emperor Haile Selassie's education program, Agegnehu was granted a government scholarship to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France from 1926 to 1933.[2] After his return from Europe, Agegnehu held many art exhibitions. He also worked on commissions for military uniforms, birr currency designs, church murals and portraits.[2]
In 1941, Agegnehu became the assistant director of Ethiopia's new Department of Fine Arts in the Ministry of Education and Fine Arts.[2]
He died of unknown causes in 1950, shortly after finishing the painting Twelve Donkeys.[3]
Few works by the artist are known to survive today.[4] Two of his portraits are housed in the National Museum of Ethiopia: a self-portrait and a portrait of Aster Mengesha.[2]
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