PILI PILI Mulongoy [Ngolo, Katanga, 1914-2007, Kinshasa (DRC)] (Untitled) Bird and antelope Oil on canvas. 70.5 x 90.5 cm. Signed and dated 85 lower right, framed. Pili Pili was born into a family of fishermen in Ngolo, in the province of Katanga. In 1947, he joined the "Académie d'art indigène", known as the Atelier Hangar, founded by Pierre Romain-Desfossés. He later became a professor at the Lubumbashi Academy of Fine Arts.