Richard Mupumha is a great Shona artist born in Rusape, Zimbabwe in the year 1963.Richard Mupumha is the uncle to Onias Mupumha. Its easy to see how Onias was influenced as both of the artists like to work with floral and botanical works. Richard Mupumha also makes wonderful sculptures of women.
Like Laurence Lowry, please take not of the hands as they are quite large, strong, and powerful.
Richard Mupumha began carving with wood and working with clay as the age of twelve years old.
The artist has a nephew named Richard Mupumha Junior who will be an upcoming post.
In this clip we view a great figurative work by Richard Mupumha. I love the play with the two faces in overall basic shape:
Price range information: Works range from $500 to $5,000. Like many Shona artists Mupumha works with serpentine stone.
What a great family of artists! More on this family coming soon!
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