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Simon Mpata

Tanzanian 1940-1982 

Simon Mpata is the youngest half-brother of E. S. Tingatinga. 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 1982.

Mpata’s work has been extensively collected and shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide and is considered second in value and technique only to his celebrated mentor and brother.

Biography courtesy of Circle Art Gallery.

Auction records with Art Auction East Africa.

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Simon Mpata; Birds and Insects
Birds and Insects
5 Nov 2025
Starting at KES 350 000