塞内加尔长期受法国的殖民统治,是1960年才独立的发展中国家。政府在发展经济的同时,致力于民族文艺的振兴,号召艺术家继承、发扬非洲黑人艺术传统,摆脱殖民主义文化影响,走民族自己的道路。非洲传统的挂毯艺术形式在“文艺振兴”时期得到了较大的发展,展出的部分作品,就是在这个时期的一批年轻的画家在达喀尔美术学校创作出来的。画家们 Senegal has long been subject to French colonial rule and was an independent developing country until 1960. While developing economy, the government is committed to rejuvenating national literature and art and calling on artists to inherit and carry forward the tradition of black African arts, get rid of the influence of colonialism and take the national path of their own. The traditional tapestry art form in Africa developed greatly during the period of “rejuvenation of literature and art”. Some of the works on display were made by a group of young painters in this period at the Dakar School of Fine Arts. Painters