John Dunkley
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John Dunkley was a Jamaica
n painter and sculptor. Of the same generation as David Pottinger
and Albert Huie
, his work is generally darker in tone, and has been described as sharing characteristics with Wifredo Lam
's paintings. He was essentially self-taught as a painter and was primarily influenced by art deco
.
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n painter and sculptor. Of the same generation as David Pottinger
David Pottinger
David Pottinger was a Jamaican painter. Self-taught as an artist, he began his career in the 1940s after participating in Edna Manley's classes at the Junior Centre in Kingston. Kingston was the primary subject of much of his work; he also painted Jamaican traditions and popular scenes...
and Albert Huie
Albert Huie
Albert Huie was a Jamaican painter.Huie moved to Kingston when he was 16 years old; in the 1930s he became part of the "Institute Group" at the Institute of Jamaica, where he received his first formal training, with Koren der Harootian.In the early 1940s he worked as an assistant...
, his work is generally darker in tone, and has been described as sharing characteristics with Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla , better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture...
's paintings. He was essentially self-taught as a painter and was primarily influenced by art deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
.