Highlights of Sub-Saharan African Art
Bongo artist
late 19th century
Barnes Foundation Master
18th–early 19th century
Songye artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
19th–first half of 20th century
Dogon blacksmith
14th–17th century
Ìgbèsànmwà (ivory- and wood- carving guild) artists
16th century
Baule peoples
19th–mid-20th century
Okak-Fang artist
19th century
Senufo artist
19th–mid-20th century
Zlan of Belewale
First half 20th century
Grassfields artists
ca. 1800–80
Kwele artist
19th–first half of 20th century
Mossi blacksmith
19th–first half 20th century
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
Early 15th–mid-16th century
Bamana numuw (blacksmith)
15th–17th century
Kongo artist and nganga
19th–first half of 20th century
Betsi-Fang artist
19th century
Dogon blacksmith
16th–19th century
Dan artist
19th–mid-20th century
Ejagham artist
19th–mid-20th century
Yoruba artist
12th–15th century
Ngongo ya Chintu, formerly known as the "Buli Master" (ca. 1810-1870, Kateba region, Democratic Republic of the Congo)
ca. 1840–1870
Middle Niger artist
13th century
Bamana numuw (blacksmith)
15th–17th century
Chokwe artist
19th century (before 1869)
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
ca. 1540–70
Ìgùn Ẹ́rọ̀nwwọ̀n (brass-casting guild) artists
16th–17th century
Yoruba artist
17th–18th century
Temne or Bullom artist(s)
ca. 1490–1530
Olowe of Ise
before 1938
Northern Highlands artist
late 14th–early 15th century
Ezra
ca. 1500
Punu artist
mid-19th–mid-20th century
Sakalava artist
17th–late 18th century
El Anatsui
2006
Yombe-Kongo artist and nganga (ritual specialist)
Kongo artist and nganga, Yombe group
ca. 1880–1900
Circle of "Unobadula"(?)
Mid–late 19th century
Grassfields carver and master beader
Late 19th–early 20th century
Hemba artist
19th–early 20th century
Akan artist
Late 18th–19th century
Mbunda artist
19th–early 20th century
Bamana numuw (blacksmith)
19th century
Grassfields artist
18th century