Artist Name: Eugène Malonga

Title: Women washing clothes by the lake shore with canoes in the landscape, Congo, 1963

Signature Description: 
Hand-signed in English and dated "1963" lower right, 
Signed and titled in French on a label attached to the back

Technique: Oil on masonite

Image Size: 36 x 54 cm / 14.17" x 21.26" inch

Frame: The painting is matted and framed 

Condition: Very good condition.

Artist's Biography:

Eugène Malonga (Congolese, 1930-2005)

Congolese painter, he is considered one of the five founders of Congolese painting, which did not exist before 1940.
Eminent member of the school of painters of Poto-Poto, school of painting founded in the district of Poto-Poto in Brazzaville, by Pierre Lods in 1951.
Paintings by Eugène Malonga appear from 1960-1963 among the collections of Case de Gaulle, residence of the French ambassador in Brazzaville. He was a former student of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and collaborator of Roger Erell, the architect who designed the plan of the basilica Saint Anne of the Congo.
 

Eugène Malonga (January 28, 1930 in Nko - April 13, 2005, Congo-Brazzaville), Congolese painter.
He is considered one of the five founders of Congolese painting, which did not exist before 1940.

Biography

Eugène Malonga was born on January 28, 1930 in Nko, a village located about twenty kilometers from Brazzaville in a poor family. His father died when he was only 4 years old and all his life he would keep no image or memories of his beloved father, because just after his death his paternal family burned all that was of him.
He took his first steps alongside his mother, but following his mother's second marriage, he joined his paternal uncle in the fourth district of Brazzaville (Moungali) and spent his childhood there.
From a very early age Eugène Malonga stood out in his neighborhood for his drawings made on white mats or on white T-shirts, it was then that his uncle who lived from sewing bought him his first watercolor palette.
At the age of 10 he drew his first painting: “my uncle Boundzoumou's hut.”
He perfected his skills at the School of Painters in Poto-Poto, founded in 1951 by Pierre Lods.
In 1961, Malonga obtained a six-month scholarship for the National School of Decorative Arts where, after a test, he was placed directly in the fourth year (the year of leaving).
Among the decisive meetings, it is worth mentioning that of Roger Erell, architect of the Sainte-Anne du Congo basilica in 1945, who introduced him to drawing, and that of Gaspard de Mouko, painter of Cameroonian origin, in the 1940s.
Malonga exhibits his works since 1954 quite regularly, once a year. He exhibited in West Africa (Dakar, Djamena) but much more in Central Africa (Brazzaville, Libreville, Bangui and Kinshasa).
His work includes many landscapes and some portraits. His favorite motifs are landscapes and genre scenes, with an evolution towards semi-abstraction.
In the last ten years he returned to realism, his favorite style.

 Although his country still needed him to continue to showcase the beauty of its landscapes and to promote Congolese art through his remarkable talent, Eugene Malonga died in 2005 at the age of 75 from cardiac arrest.

Exhibitions

1954-First exhibition (in Madingou, Republic of Congo)
1958-Exhibition in Dolisie, Republic of Congo
1960-Exhibition under the aegis of the French central committee for overseas territories
From April 28 to May 6, 1962 in Bangui, painting exhibition, in the hall of the Town Hall
1972-Exhibition at the CCF in Yaoundé, Cameroon
Exhibition at the CCF in Buea, Cameroon
1979-Decoration of the Meridian Hotel in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
1983-Participated in the exhibition "35 years of Congolese painting" at the CCF in Brazzaville
1990-Exhibition at the CCF in N'djamena, Chad
Exhibition at the CCF in St Louis, Senegal, Polychrome Gallery
Exhibition at the CCF in Brazzaville
1992-Retrospective Eugène Malonga at the Méridien Hotel, Brazzaville
2000-Exhibition "52 years of career" at the Méridien hotel in Brazzaville
2001-Retrospective at the CCF in Brazzaville
2002-Exhibition at the CCF in Brazzaville
2004-Exhibition at the CCF in Brazzaville (last exhibition).

Awards
Silver and bronze medal at the first painting fair organized by the CCF in Brazzaville.
Honorary Diploma in Alma-Alta, USSR
Agip-Research Honorary Diploma.

 
Eugène Malonga, né le 28 janvier 1930 à Nko et mort le 13 avril 2005, est un peintre congolais. Il est considéré comme l'un des cinq fondateurs de la peinture congolaise, inexistante avant 1940.

Eugène Malonga est né le 28 janvier 1930 à Nko, village situé à une vingtaine de kilomètres de Brazzaville dans une famille pauvre, son père meurt lorsqu'il n'a que 4 ans et toute sa vie, il ne gardera aucune image ni souvenirs de son père bien-aimé, car juste après sa mort sa famille paternelle brule tout ce qui était de lui. Il fait ses premiers pas au côté de sa mère mais celui-ci à la suite du deuxième mariage de sa mère, rejoint son oncle paternel à l'arrondissement quatre de Brazzaville (Moungali) et y passe toute son enfance.
Eugène Malonga très petit se fait remarquer dans son quartier par ses dessins fait sur les nattes blanches ou sur des T-shirt blanc, c'est alors que son oncle qui vivait de la couture l'achetera sa première palette d'aquarelle. À l'âge de 10 ans dessine son premier tableau: la case de mon oncle Boundzoumou.
Il se perfectionne à l'École des Peintres de Poto-Poto, fondée en 1951 par Pierre Lods.
En 1961, Malonga obtient une bourse de perfectionnement de six mois pour l'École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs où après un test il est directement mis en quatrième année (l'année de sortie).
Parmi les rencontres déterminantes, il y a lieu de citer celle de Roger Erell, architecte de la basilique Sainte-Anne du Congo en 1945, qui l'a initié au dessin, et celle de Gaspard de Mouko, peintre d'origine camerounaise, dans les années 1940.
Malonga expose depuis 1954 assez régulièrement, une fois par an ses œuvres, il a exposé en Afrique de l'Ouest (Dakar, Djamena) mais beaucoup plus en Afrique centrale (Brazzaville, Libreville, Bangui et Kinshasa).
Son œuvre compte de nombreux paysages et quelques portraits. Ses motifs préférés sont les paysages et les scènes de genres, avec une évolution vers la semi-abstraction.
Dans les dix dernières années, il est revenu à son amour le réalisme.
Bien que son pays avait encore besoin de lui pour continuer à valoir la beauté de ses paysages et à promouvoir l'art Congolais par son remarquable talent, Eugene Malonga s'est éteint en 2005 à l'âge de 75 ans d'un arrêt cardiaque.

1954-Première exposition (à Madingou, République du Congo)
1958-Exposition à Dolisie, République du Congo
1960-Exposition sous l'égide du comité central français pour l'outre-mer
Du 28 avril au 6 mai 1962 à Bangui, exposition de peinture, dans le hall de la Mairie
1972-Exposition au CCF de Yaoundé,Cameroun
Exposition au CCF de Buea, Cameroun
1979-Décoration de l'hôtel méridien de Brazzaville,République du Congo
1983-Participe à l'exposition "35 ans de la peinture congolaise" au CCF de Brazzaville
1990-Exposition au CCF de N'djamena, Tchad
Exposition au CCF de St Louis, Sénégal, Galerie polychrome
Exposition au CCF de Brazzaville
1992-Rétrospective Eugène Malonga à l'hôtel Méridien, Brazzaville
2000-Exposition "52 ans de carrière" à l'hôtel Méridien de Brazzaville
2001-Rétrospective au CCF de Brazzaville
2002-Exposition au CCF de Brazzaville
2004-Exposition au CCF de Brazzaville (dernière exposition).

Médaille d’argent et de bronze au premier salon de peinture organisé par le CCF de Brazzaville.
Diplôme d’honneur à Alma-Alta, URSS
Diplôme d’honneur Agip-Recherche.

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