Amadou Bamba calming the lion in the desert, Mor Gueye

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Mor Gueye, Amadou Bamba calming the lion in the desert
Mor Gueye, Amadou Bamba calming the lion in the desert
Mor Gueye
Amadou Bamba calming the lion in the desert
1999
Mor Gueye
born circa 1925
Amadou Bamba calming the lion in the desert, 1999
Where object was made: Dakar, Senegal
Material/technique: reverse painting on glass
Dimensions:
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 14 3/4 x 20 1/4 x 0 1/2 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 37.47 x 51.43 x 1.27 cm
Credit line: Gift of Caroline Jewers in memory of Babacar Ndiaye (b. 11.11.1967 in Kebemer, Senegal), husband of Selbee Diouf, father of Awa and Rokhaya, killed 12.11.2007 in Algiers.
Accession number: 2009.0010
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures," Jun-2013, Cassandra Mesick For the better part of his long life, Mor Gueye has been creating reverse paintings on glass at his studio in Dakar. Many of these paintings depict events from the life of Sheikh Amadou Bamba-an iconic Muslim leader and founder of the Muridiyya Sufi Brotherhood. Gueye, a devout member of the Baye Fall (a Senegalese sect of Muridiyya), recounts that Amadou Bamba‘s appearance in his dreams first inspired him to paint; he is now one of Senegal’s most celebrated and widely exhibited artists.