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Simon George Mpata

Tanzanian 1942-1984 

Simon George Mpata, born in Mindu, Southern Tanzania, is the youngest half-brother of Edward Saidi Tingatinga. Tingatinga is celebrated for developing a popular style characterised by bright enamel paintings of wildlife, East African cultural rituals and daily urban life on Masonite board. Mpata learnt to paint from his brother and is generally viewed as the artist who kept his style the closest to Tingatinga’s.

After Tingatinga’s death, Mpata left Tanzania to open a studio in Nairobi, where he lived and worked until his death in 1984. Mpata’s work has been extensively collected and shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide and is considered second in value and technique to his celebrated mentor and brother.

Biography courtesy of Circle Art Gallery.

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Simon George Mpata; Giraffes and Oxpeckers
Giraffes and Oxpeckers
28 Oct 2026
Starting at KES 250 000