[Annotated on reverese] "Water carrier", with signature of artist on painting - J. F. Rainimaharosoa [James Rainimaharosoa, 1860-1926], Tananarive, 1908


Order number: MS 381237
Date(s) of creation: 1908
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Rainimaharosoa; James (1860-1926); Malagasy artist

Order number: MS 381237
Main author: Rainimaharosoa; James (1860-1926); Malagasy artist
Extent: 1 painting
Admin history: James Rainimaharosoa (1860-1926) is one of the earliest known Malagasy painters. He seems to have learned the art of drawing and painting in 1870 with the British missionary William Johnson. He undertook portraits for Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849-1916), a French military commander and administrator in the French colonies, including Madagascar. In 1900, he exhibited at the Exposition Universelle [Universal Exhibition] in Paris, and six years later at the Exposition Coloniale [Colonial Exhibition] in Marseilles. [Source: allAfrica.com: Madagascar: ... View more
Access status: Open
Format: Archive