Friday, September 19, 2025

Aina Onabolu
(1882-1963)
 

Aina Onabolu OBE was a pioneering Nigerian modern arts teacher and painter who was an important figure in the introduction of arts into the curriculum of secondary schools in the country. He promoted the drawing of environmental forms in a verisimilitudinous style and was known for his early modern work in portraiture. Aina is the great-grandfather of Canadian pop singer Joseph Onabolu. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aina_Onabolu


Hope 
1947
Oil on canvas
Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria

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