École Nationale des Beaux Arts (ENBA;

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: ''National School of Fine Arts'') was a public

art school An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design. This includes fine art – especially illustration, painting, contemporary art, sculpture, and graphic design. T ...

, active from 1958 until 1995 in

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, Senegal (formerly known as the

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). In 1995, this school was merged to form the . It was formerly known by the names Masion des Arts du Mali from 1958 to 1961; the École des Arts du Sénégal (EAS) from 1961 to 1971; the Institut National des Arts du Sénégal (INAS) from 1971 to 1977; and finally the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (ENBA) from 1977 until its close. The earliest instructors at the school were

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, and

Papa Ibra Tall Papa Ibra Tall (1935–2015) was a Senegalese tapestry weaver, painter, and illustrator. He is known for his role in the Dakar School () art movement, and as an early professor at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts. Biography Papa Ibra Tall ...

. Many students and teachers from the school were part of the Dakar School art movement in the 1960s and 1970s.

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