1. Era of Modernization

2. Aina Onabolu

3. Aina Onabolu
Barrister
Oil on canvas
1920s

4. Aina Onabolu,
Portrait of a Man
Watercolor on Board
1955

5. Aina Onabolu
Sisi Nurse
Oil on canvas
1922

6. Joshua Johnson—Portrait of a Gentleman, oil on canvas, c. 1805-1810
Supposedly Rev. Daniel Coker of the AME; limner tradition

7. Joshua Johnson, “In the Garden”
Oil on canvas, c. 1830?

8. Commissioned Portraits Status
The Limner Tradition
Commissioned Portraits
Status
-characteristically flat, plain or dark background
With little attention to details
Subtle modulation of tones
-Liner approach connected to British/Dutch tradition
Frontal Approach/frontally placed—looks directly at the audience
Flowing drapery, ¾ view
Proportions contradicts the academic canon of ratio 1:7

9. Akinola Lasekan

10. Akinola Lasekan, Ogedengbe of Ilesa in the Kiriji War, oil on board, 1957

11. Akinola Lasekan, Dancers, Water color, 1944

12. Akinola Lasekan, Market Scene, oil on board, n.d

13. Akinola Lasekan
Moremi
Oil on canvas
n.d

14. Akinola Lasekan
Portrait of a Girl
Oil on canvas
1940

15. Akinola Lasekan
Nigerian Constable
(under colonial Rule)
Oil on canvas
n.d

16. Abayomi Barber

17. Abayomi Barber
Chief (Sir) Dr. Kofo Abayomi
Oil on canvas

18. Abayomi Barber
Oba (Sir) Aderemi
Bronze

19. Abayomi Barber
Yemoja
Plaster
1971

20. Abayomi Barber
Pipe Dream
Oil on canvas

21. Abayomi Barber, Pipe Dream II, oil on canvas

22. Abayomi Barber, Majesty in Blue, oil on canvas

23. Busari Agboluaje,
Money and Women
Oil on canvas

24. Toyin Alade
Flight of Ogbanje
Oil on canvas

25. Justus Akeredolu

26. Justus Akeredolu, installation--woman cooking, farmer, wood,20th cent.

27. Justus Akeredolu,
Load bearer
Wood
20th Century