Twins Seven Seven died on Thursday at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, where he had been receiving treatment for stroke related illness
Prince Osuntoki was a renowned painter, sculptor and musician who left his footprints on the global arts industry
Although his family was yet to make the details of his passing away public at the time of going to press, his close associates, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh and Chief Muraina Oyelami, also prominent artistes, however, confirmed the news of his demise.
Prince Osuntoki was a renowned painter, sculptor and musician who left his footprints on the global arts industry.
He began his career in the 1960s in workshops conducted by Ulli and Georgina Beier in Osogbo, and gradually, he captured the world with his art.
Twins Seven Seven's works were influenced by traditional Yoruba mythology and culture, and creates a fantastic universe of humans, animals, plants and Yoruba gods.
Although he was more known as Twins Seven Seven, Prince Osuntoki was always ready to tell anybody who cared to listen that he was the lone survivor of seven sets of twins born to his mother. He finally stayed the seventh time after he and his sister were born, "and it is because of my twin sister that I am always plaiting my hair", he once told journalists during an interview.
Prince Osuntoki was designated as UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2005 in recognition of his contribution to the promotion of dialogue and understanding among peoples, particularly in Africa and the African Diaspora.
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