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Yusuf Grillo
Yusuf Grillo diploma in Fine Arts and a post-graduate diploma in ed-
ucation. In 1966, he left Zaria for the academic halls of
Cambridge University and later traveled to Germany and
the United States of America.
Grillo is considered one of Nigeria’s outstanding and
academically trained painters; he emerged to promi-
nence and international recognition in the 1960s and
1970s, while exhibiting a large collection of his early
works. He makes use of his western art training in many
of his paintings, combining western art techniques with
traditional Yoruba sculpture characteristics. His prefer-
ence for color blue in natural settings paintings, is some-
times similar to the adire or resist-dye textiles used in
Nigeria.[1]
References
[1] Toyin Falola, Christian Jennings. Africanizing
Knowledge (Clt): African Studies Across the
Yoruba Bride by Yusuf Grillo
Disciplines, Transaction Publishers, 2002. p
Born 1934 177-178. ISBN 0765801388
Nationality Nigerian Persondata
Name Grillo, Yusuf
Field Contemporary Art
Alternative names
Yusuf Grillo (born 1934) is a contemporary Nigerian artist Short description
known for his inventive works and the prominence of the Date of birth 1934
color blue in many of his paintings.
Place of birth
He was president of the Society of Nigerian Artists.
Date of death
Life Place of death
Grillo was born in Lagos and attended Nigerian College of
Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, where he received a
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