In the late Nineteenth - early Twentieth Century European Impressionist/Cubist Painters and Sculptors were deeply influenced by the Tribal Art which had been brought back from Africa, the Americas and Oceania.

The Age of Exploration in which Europe was enriched through conquest and trade brought also a new way of seeing and understanding the Arts of the peoples of foreign lands - what was to become known as Tribal Art. The abstract qualities and sophisticated sculptural techniques employed by Tribal Artists were soon recognized as embodying a timeless aesthetic.

From time immemorial Tribal Artists have perfected the nuances of light and shadow, form and function - in order to convey a ritual and/or artistic meaning. Early collectors of Tribal Art formed assemblages, which inspired and developed sensibilities, provided thought provoking reflection on the true nature of mankind which had been lost by the dehumanizing aspects brought on during the Industrial Revolution.

Tribal Art reawakened the western mind to its own Ancient History and movements by western Painters and Sculptors such as the Cubists and Modernists were revitalized. During this same period many writers and scholars published essays and books to accompany exhibits in the newly established museums devoted to Tribal Arts.

The works produced by the often unknown Artisans who inspired their own cultures in far off time and space continues to challenge our understanding of what is modern and what is timeless- a World of Tribal Art.