James Houra
{{Short description|Ivorian painter (1952–2020)}}
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| birth_place = Adiaké, French West Africa
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| nationality = Ivorian
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James Houra (27 March 1952 – 27 January 2020) was an Ivorian painter.{{cite web|url=https://www.abidjan.net/qui/profil.asp?id=238|title=James Kadjo HOURA|work=abidjan.net|language=French|access-date=2020-01-28|archive-date=2020-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112041413/http://abidjan.net/QUI/profil.asp?id=238|url-status=dead}}
Biography
He served as director of the École des beaux arts d'Abidjan and was known for his checkerboard paintings. One of his paintings, Offrande, is on display at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan.{{cite web|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200303210270.html|title=Cote d'Ivoire: Palais présidentiel : James Houra honoré|date=21 March 2003|work=allAfrica|language=French}} Another one of his paintings was offered to French Minister of the Interior, Claude Guéant, by President Ouattara, and is a source of controversy due to the fact that the painting was not returned at the end of the former's term of office.{{cite web|url=https://cameroonvoice.com/news/2013/05/11/pourquoi-le-tableau-offert-a-gueant-par-ouattara-pose-probleme/|title=Pourquoi le tableau offert à Guéant par Ouattara pose problème|date=11 May 2013|work=CameroonVoice|language=French}}
Houra's works have been valued between 2000 and 25,000 euros.{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/afrique/claude-gueant-doit-il-rendre-son-tableau-africain_323188.html|title=Claude Guéant doit-il rendre son tableau africain ?|date=13 May 2013|work=franceinfo|language=French}}
James Houra died on 27 January 2020 at the age of 67.{{cite web|url=https://afriquematin.net/deces-de-james-houra-lun-des-arbres-tutelaires-de-la-peinture-ivoirienne-sest-couche/|title=Décès de James Houra : L’un des arbres tutélaires de la peinture ivoirienne s’est couché|date=28 January 2020|work=afriquematin.net|language=French}}
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