Subject: Re: Black & White water color artist of Black Natives J.P. Ludu
Author: Ann
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] Date Posted:05:10:38 12/15/07 Sat In reply to:
Roger Netting
's message, "Re: Black & White water color artist of Black Natives J.P. Ludu" on 16:52:49 02/26/07 Mon
>I too have a pair of paintings by J.P. Ludu that my parents bought in Uganda in the 50s. They are of a Kikuyu woman and man with headress. In my opinion the standard of drawing is very high and we value them for that reason. I have a watercolour by J P Ludu that I bought in
>Kampala, Uganda in the late 1950s. J P Ludu was a
>cartographical draughtsman in the Lands and Surveys
>Department of Uganda. However his talent as an artist
>meant that he could readily sell his pictures to
>tourists visiting Uganda and to people working in
>Uganda like myself. He eventually decided to become a
>full time artist and returned to his native Kenya. My
>picture is a splendid painting of the head and
>shoulders of an African tribesman, possibly Masai but
>not sure. The facial features are particularly good
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