Ablade Glover (1934)
1934Accra, GhanaGhana
Ablade Glover
Ablade Glover is a Ghanaian artist and educator. He has exhibited widely, building an international reputation over several decades, as well as being regarded as a seminal figure on the West African art scene. His work is held in many prestigious private and public collections, which include the Imperial Palace of Japan, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. He has received several national and international awards, including the Order of the Volta in Ghana, and is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. He was Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Art Education and Dean of the College of Art at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology until 1994.
Date and place of birt: | 1934, Accra, Ghana |
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Nationality: | Ghana |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Educator, Painter |
Genre: | Figurative art |
Art style: | Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Post War Art, Contemporary art |