Virtuous Women

Artist

Ebenezer Akinola (Nigerian, b. 1968)

Date

2004

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

Work : 32 x 45 in. (81.28 cm x 1.1 m)

Credit Line

Hope College Collection

Object Number

2019.65

Label

Ebenezer Akinola earned his BFA in painting from the University of Benin in 1989. After spending several years in the United States, Akinola returned to his hometown of Ibadan where he currently maintains a full-time studio practice. Akinola’s work is primarily figurative and his style ranges from realistic to expressionistic. This painting depicting three Yoruba women in traditional dress comes from a period in which Akinola experimented with a Cubist-like approach to imagery, breaking it down into geometric shapes and flat areas of color.