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Solomon Wangboje (Graphic artist and Art educator) 1930-1998.<br />
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Solomon Irein Wangboje was born in 1930, in Edo State of Nigeria. He first trained as an artist in 1959 at the former Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, where he obtained a diploma in Fine Arts, specialising in graphic design. <br />
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He later got his MFA degree in 1963 at USA, and his PhD in art education also from USA in 1968. Apart from his untiring effort in encouraging young artists to utilize their talents, he has had many one-man and group exhibitions of his works within and outside Nigeria. Some of such prints are Desert Journeys and the romance of the headload 1 and 11.
Solomon Wangboje
Solomon Wangboje (Graphic artist and Art educator) 1930-1998.<br />
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Solomon Irein Wangboje was born in 1930, in Edo State of Nigeria. He first trained as an artist in 1959 at the former Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, Zaria, where he obtained a diploma in Fine Arts, specialising in graphic design. <br />
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He later got his MFA degree in 1963 at USA, and his PhD in art education also from USA in 1968. Apart from his untiring effort in encouraging young artists to utilize their talents, he has had many one-man and group exhibitions of his works within and outside Nigeria. Some of such prints are Desert Journeys and the romance of the headload 1 and 11.
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