Jos Toumba
Oil on canvas 50’s/60’s, signed, 50 x 40 cm. Little information exists about the early 20th-century Congolese painter Jos Toumba Kayeye Despite this, he has a recognisable and renowned style Kayeye painted landscapes scenes, everyday life, death, nature, fauna and flora, and the inhabitants of villages He illustrated popular legends such as Mamy Wata, a mermaid living in the Congo River who bewitched the male population His paintings were brightly coloured Pure wisdom A combination of ochre colours that offers universal wisdom. The freedom that only comes from knowing how to live Faith in existence itself.
