Market Scene 

tempera on canvas [br]24 x 35 1/4in (61 x 89.5cm) Francois Thango was a key player in the late-colonial era art scene on the banks of the lower Zaïre river. His mother was one of the Bawoyo people from Cabinda in Angola, while his father was Cameroonian. He was firstly associated with the Poto-Poto atelier in Brazzaville, the capital city of the Congo. He returned home ...