Seydou Barry

Seydou Barry
Born	1943 Thilogne, Matam Region, Senegal
Died	21 August 2007(2007-08-21) (aged 63–64) Dakar, Senegal
Education	École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal)
Occupation	Painter
Years active	1963–2007
Movement	Dakar School

Seydou Barry (1943 – 2007) was a Senegalese painter. He is part of the artistic movement called the Dakar School (French: École de Dakar), affiliated with Négritude.^[1]

Biography

Seydou Barry was born in 1943, in Thilogne in the Matam Region of Senegal.^[1]

He attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Dakar to study painting, and worked under artist Papa Ibra Tall.^[1] In 1963, Barry started exhibiting his own paintings.

Barry worked at the National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès (French: Manufacture Nationale de Tapisserie de Thiès) as a painter and cartoonist, from 1961 to 1965.^[1] His works and those of his co-workers were made into tapestries in 1975, entitled N'Danaane.^[1]

Barry died on 21 August 2007, in Dakar.^[1] A posthumous solo retrospective of thirty-five of his works, Seydou Barry Retrospective (2008), was held at Véma on the Dakar-Gorée pier.^[2] His work is part of the art collection of the Senegal government.^[3]

See also

• List of Senegalese
• List of Senegalese artists

References

1. "Seydou Barry". Africultures (in French). ISSN 2271-1732. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016.
2. Sene, Fatou K. (May 14, 2008). "Sénégal: Dak'art 2008 - Seydou Barry en couleurs et en formes" [Senegal: Dak'art 2008 – Seydou Barry in colors and shapes]. AllAfrica (in French). Archived from the original on October 20, 2015.
3. Harney, Elizabeth (November 23, 2004). In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995. Duke University Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8223-8605-6 – via Google Books.