# Ben Enwonwu (@ben-enwonwu)

Odinigwe Benedict Chukwukadibia Enwonwu MBE (14 July 1917 – 5 February 1994), better known as Ben Enwonwu, was a Nigerian painter and sculptor. Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of modern African art.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Ben Enwonwu's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@ben-enwonwu/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@ben-enwonwu/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@ben-enwonwu/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Ben%20Enwonwu&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Ben%20Enwonwu
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Ben%20Enwonwu

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "ben-enwonwu", "question": "…"}`.