Sunday Nzante Spee ( Mbem, 1953 – Stockton, California, USA May 25, 2005) was a Cameroonian artist. When he was a teenager, he used to make some paintings and decorations in façades. From 1976 to 1982, he attended the Fine Arts School of

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

and Ivory Coast. In spite of the difficulties to have an artistic career in Cameroon, he decided to establish an atelier and a training centre in

Bamenda Bamenda, also known as Abakwa and Mankon Town, is a city in northwestern Cameroon and capital of the Northwest Region. The city has a population of about 2 million people and is located north-west of the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. Bamenda is ...

, the ''Spee Art Center'', where he could make a living of his works, and he influenced next generations. His style, from cubism to surrealism and addressed to a naïve caricature but full with provocative humour, culminates in a pictorial world where all these expressions are mixed in the so-called ''melting age'' aesthetic.

External links

Site du Spee Art Center

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1953 births 2005 deaths Cameroonian painters People from Bamenda 20th-century Cameroonian painters {{Cameroon-bio-stub