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ABLADE GLOVER
Holes for homes
signed and dated ‘Glo 1990’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
74 x 152cm

N5,000,000 - 6,000,000

Professor Ablade Glover was born in Accra, Ghana – ACRAG – he has also obtained the distinguished
in 1934. Trained in Ghana, Britain and the United alumni award from the African-American Institute
States, Dr. Glover is an established artist and in New York. His paintings are shaped by brightly
acclaimed educator who has made an enormous coloured oil paints that Ablade applies with a
contribution to art worldwide. spatula, which gives them a rich texture and a
He has accumulated a number of distinctions, which singular dynamic. Thus, his impressive urban
show his importance as an artist and enthusiastic landscapes attract viewers and almost invite them
educator in the Ghana and international art scene. to step in and become part of the bustling scene.
Until 1994 he was Associate Professor and Head He has carried out myriad studies of the women
of the Department of Art Education and Dean of of Ghana, which suggest a certain fascination and
the College of Art at the University of Science and reverence. His palette sweetens when he paints
Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. In 1998, he was awarded women, producing canvases that are brimming
the FLAGSTAR Award (top award for Arts in Ghana) with self-confidence, elegance and power, with a
by the Art Critic and Reviews Association of Ghana subtle touch of humour.