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List Of Guyanese Artists
The following list of Guyanese artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Guyana, of Guyanese descent or who produce works that are primarily about Guyana. A * Kwesi Abbensetts, Guyanese-born American photographer * Damali Abrams, American-born video artist and performance artist, of Guyanese descent B * George Barber (born 1958), British Guyanese video artist * Frank Bowling (born 1939), British Guyanese painter, based in the United Kingdom C * Theresa Chromati (born 1992) American-born painter, of Guyanese descent D * Victor Davson (born 1948), Guyanese-born American collagist, curator, and gallerist G * Ann Gollifer (born 1960) British Guyanese painter, printmaker, writer and photographer, based in Gaborone, Botswana * Stanley Greaves (born 1934), painter H * Maggie Harris, poet, writer, and visual artist, based in the United Kingdom * Oswald Hussein (born 1946), Guyanese sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the country's largest city. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. With a land area of , Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state by area in mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname, and is the List of South American countries by population, second-least populous sovereign state in South America after Suriname; it is also List of countries and dependencies by population density, one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. The official language of the country is English language, English, although a large part of the population is bilingual in English and the indigenous languages. It has a wide variety of natural habitats and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila Locke
Leila Elizabeth Locke (née Chaplin, 27 April 1936 – 11 April 1992) was a Guyanese artist. Born in England, she lived in Georgetown, Guyana, from 1958 until her death, taking out Guyanese citizenship in the early 1970s.Claudette Earl, "Leila Elizabeth Locke – an appreciation", ''Chronicle Family Magazine'', 19 April 1992. Background Leila Chaplin was born on 27 April 1936 in London, and was raised in Dartington, Devon. In 1957 she obtained a Diploma in Art Education from Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, specialising in painting, sculpture and pottery. She often returned to teaching in various schools in the UK and Guyana thereafter. At Corsham she had met sculptor Donald Locke. She travelled to Guyana to marry him in 1958 and in 1959 they moved to Edinburgh, while Donald studied at Edinburgh School of Art for four years.Elfrieda Bissember, ''60 Years of Women artists in Guyana 1928–1988 a Historical Perspective'', Guyana Women Artists' Association, 1988. She had three ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |