Daniel Novella - Artist Info

About Daniel Novella

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Daniel Novela
  • Biography

    At a young age, the artist moved from South Africa with his mother and siblings to be with their father in Mozambique. His early years of education were spent at a rural school with no school buildings, where he was taught under the trees. This is where he was first inspired by the landscape that surrounds him.

    In 1982 Novela approached the Director of the Department of Education requesting a government grant to finish his education, he was given a bursary to attend a boarding school in Maputo. In 1984 he enrolled at Escola De Artes Visuais in Maputo, but had to deregister, as his farm was made inaccessible after the war. Novela then moved back to South Africa and began painting professionally af...

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