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The earliest form of art in Africa would be the Blombos Cave engravings. These are believed to have been created by the ancient bushmen (Khoisan people). | The earliest form of art in Africa would be the Blombos Cave engravings. These are believed to have been created by the ancient bushmen (Khoisan people). | ||
=====African Influences in Modern Art===== | |||
[https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/african-influences-in-modern-art by MET] | |||
During the early 1900s, the aesthetics of traditional African sculpture became a powerful influence among European artists who formed an avant-garde in the development of modern art. In France, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and their School of Paris friends blended the highly stylized treatment of the human figure in African sculptures with painting styles derived from the post-Impressionist works of Cézanne and Gauguin. | |||
