Abayomi Adebayo Barber

Place: Ile-Ife

Born: 1928

Death: 2021

Biography:

Abayomi Adebayo Barber was a Nigerian contemporary artist who was the mentor of the Abayomi Barber Art School in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born in Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1928 and died in Lagos, Nigeria in 2021. He is an important modern art figure in Nigeria but less well known in the Western World. He is best known for the application of naturalism and surrealism methods in his art works. Some of his signature works include life sized busts of former Nigerian president, Murtala Mohammed and the former Oba of Ile-Ife, Adesoji Aderemi, another famous work is an oil painting of Shehu Shagari.