Gebre kristos desta biography of rory

Gebre chose not to pursue a career in agriculture but instead spent his personal time reading about art and painting when and where he could. Gebre was a self taught artist until his sophomore year in college when he left his studied to pursue becoming a professional full time artist. In he earned a scholarship to study art in Cologne, West Germany.

He graduated top of his class. He was awarded with a private studio for his achievements. After his graduation he held his first exhibition at the Gallery Kuppers, Cologne, it encompassed a year's work and made an extensive six-month tour of Western Europe. However, he was also among the artists that enjoyed the patronage of Emperor Haile Selassie, who was trying to advance modernization of Ethiopia by promoting progressive ideas in education, art, and industry.

After the overthrow of emperor Haile Selassie inGebre Kristos continued as a faculty member at Addis Abeba University while responding to the demands of the new military government, the Derg, to create propaganda material for political purposes. In while on an exhibition campaign to Kenya he defected and soon fled to Germany seeking asylum.

The German government did not grant his request but in the United States granted him political asylum and he settled in Lawton, Oklahoma. Life in exile was challenging he only had one solo exhibition in Lawton before he died in at the age of Add artwork Action History. Wikipedia article References Wikipedia article. Wikipedia: en. Gebre Kristos Desta Artworks.

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Early life [ edit ]. Career [ edit ]. He was a painter as well as a poet. His ability to replicate who he was as a person and what he loved on paper is astonishing. For one thing, any creative process begins with observation. Actually the two arts are inseparable, for me at least. One helps the other. His verses and composition were like no other.

A few of his poems have been turned into songs by musicians. It is rumored that he had a German lover, but nothing is known about her except that she was named Marga and that he painted a portrait of her.