Lucas Macie (born 2 July 1960) is a Mozambiquan-

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painter.

Biography

Macie was born in

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, in 1960 and grew up as an admirer of

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, a renowned Mozambican painter. His brother Valentine is also a painter. Macie began showcasing his work in Maputo but left the country as a refugee and moved to Swaziland. There he continued paintings and showcased his work in the

Indingilizi Gallery Indingilizi Gallery is an art gallery in Mbabane, Eswatini, established in 1982. Most of Eswatini's top artists have had their work showcased here. The gallery showcases a range of Swazi art including sculptures, paintings, batiks, mohair, ethnic ...

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and gained recognition from the

Swaziland Art Society Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

. His paintings have since been bought by private collectors from South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Mozambique, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Zanzibar and Tanzania. His nephew is Valentim Macie, a painter like his father and uncle who has done much work to raise awareness for AIDS.

Style

Macie is noted for his gentle use of color, painting mainly people. His reason for this he says is "The Big Master did the same - He created Adam and Eve". He also utilizes the use of symbolism in his works with rings or bracelets or round clay pots.

References

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