Kingsley Sambo was a Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an painter

Painting

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 and cartoon

Cartoon

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ist.

Sambo received training in the Bulawayo

Bulawayo

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 area before joining Frank McEwen

Frank McEwen

Francis Jack "Frank" McEwen, OBE was an English artist, teacher, and museum administrator. He is best remembered today for his efforts to bring attention to the work of Shona artists in Rhodesia, and for helping to found the National Gallery of Zimbabwe...

's Workshop School in 1957; there he remained until 1973. A pioneer of easel

Easel

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 painting in Zimbabwe, he served as a cartoonist for several Africa

Africa

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n newspaper

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s, and was also a jazz

Jazz

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 guitar

Guitar

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ist. He took his subjects mainly from everyday life.

Sambo's paintings are in the collections of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe

National Gallery of Zimbabwe

The National Gallery of Zimbabwe is a gallery in Harare, Zimbabwe, dedicated to the presentation and conservation of Zimbabwe’s contemporary art and visual heritage...

 and the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

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 in New York City

New York City

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. He died in 1979.