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ID: 500118562
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500118562

 

Record Type: Person
Olowe of Ise (Nigerian woodcarver, ca. 1860-1938)

Note: A Nigerian woodcarver, Olowe moved to Ise to work at the court of the king of Isle as a court messenger. He carved for the king of Ise and other Yoruba patron. Eventually he opened up a studio where he worked in the traditional Yoruba methods.

Names:
Olowe of Ise (preferred,V,display)

Nationalities:
Nigerian (preferred)

Roles:
artist (preferred)
sculptor
carver
woodcarver

Gender: male

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Olowe of Ise (I)

Biographies:
(Nigerian woodcarver, ca. 1860-1938) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Nigerian wood-carver, 1860-1938) ..... [Grove Art]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Olowe of Ise ........ [Grove Art Preferred, VP Preferred]
........................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
........................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 28 January 2004

Subject: ........ [Grove Art, VP]
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 28 January 2004
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 31 May 2005
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