South Africa. 1909 - 2005
Still life, portrait, land-and townscape painting
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1913 Botshabelo, South Africa - 1993. Known for: Portrait, figure and genre paintings.
Growing up in Sophiatown, a blacks-only township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Sekoto's work shows township scenes, capturing the poverty and hardship of life in segregated South Africa. He was... Read full biography
Growing up in Sophiatown, a blacks-only township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Sekoto's work shows township scenes, capturing the poverty and hardship of life in segregated South Africa. He was born in rural South Africa in 1913 and learned to paint at a Lutheran mission school. In 1940, the... Read full biography
Growing up in Sophiatown, a blacks-only township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Sekoto's work shows township scenes, capturing the poverty and hardship of life in segregated South Africa. He was born in rural South Africa in 1913 and learned to paint at a Lutheran mission school. In 1940, the Johannesburg Art Gallery bought one of his paintings, making him the first black artist included in that collection. According to legend, under South Africa's apartheid laws, Mr. Sekoto had to pose as a... Read full biography
Growing up in Sophiatown, a blacks-only township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Sekoto's work shows township scenes, capturing the poverty and hardship of life in segregated South Africa. He was born in rural South Africa in 1913 and learned to paint at a Lutheran mission school. In 1940, the Johannesburg Art Gallery bought one of his paintings, making him the first black artist included in that collection. According to legend, under South Africa's apartheid laws, Mr. Sekoto had to pose as a janitor to see his own work hanging in the gallery. After leaving South Africa for Paris in 1947, Gerard Sekoto made a living as a jazz pianist while continuing to paint. Source;. Wall Street Journal... Read full biography
Growing up in Sophiatown, a blacks-only township on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Sekoto's work shows township scenes, capturing the poverty and hardship of life in segregated South Africa. He was born in rural South Africa in 1913 and learned to paint at a Lutheran mission school. In 1940, the Johannesburg Art Gallery bought one of his paintings, making him the first black artist included in that collection. According to legend, under South Africa's apartheid laws, Mr. Sekoto had to pose as a janitor to see his own work hanging in the gallery. After leaving South Africa for Paris in 1947, Gerard Sekoto made a living as a jazz pianist while continuing to paint. Source;. Wall Street Journal... Read full biography
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South Africa, Europe. 1894 - 1966
Portrait, figure, still life and genre painting, ceramics
South Africa, England. 1911 - 1975
Abstract painting of elongated female figures, geometric images, sketches
South Africa. 1886 - 1957
Landscape painting
South Africa. 1906 - 1982
Figure, landscape painting, abstraction, woodcuts
South Africa. 1902 - 1985
Paintings
South Africa. 1912 - 2001
Portrait, town-and landscape painting
Italy, Slovenia. 1909 - 2005
Portrait, scenes of Venice
South Africa, Europe. 1886 - 1973
Expressionist, naive-sophisticated still life, portrait and landscape painting
South Africa, Belgium. 1906 - 1977
Modernist painting, stained glass, teaching
New York / Poland. 1896 - 1986
Abstract figure, still life and interior painting
South Africa. 1924 - 2012
Painting
South Africa, Spain. 1913 - 1994
Modernist landscape, figure, still life and genre painting
South Africa, Spain. 1929 - 2001
Painting, collage, assemblage
South Africa, Europe. 1869 - 1941
Impressionist figure, genre, landscape painting
Netherlands, South Africa. 1867 - 1944
Still life, landscape, and portrait painting
South Africa, Africa. 1926 - 2009
Abstract figurative carved and painted wood panels, drawings
South Africa, England. 1913 - 1978
Impressionist still life, land-townscape, and marine scene painting, war artist
France, Russian Federation. 1902 - 1976
Abstract figurative, printmaking, collage
France. 1892 - 1971
Social realist themed painting, tapestry, teaching
France, Poland. 1883 - 1970
Cubist, abstract still life and landscape painting
Singapore, South Africa. 1913 - 2006
Realist figure, portrait, still life and animal painting
South Africa, Austria. 1900 - 1975
Abstract figure, portrait, still life, nudes and landscape painting, architecture
France. 1871 - 1961
Impressionist and orientalist painting, decorative art
United States, France, Russian Federation. 1879 - 1968
Nature morte, figure, portrait, landscape
South Africa, Russian Federation. 1880 - 1965
Expressionist figure, genre, landscape painting
South Africa. 1938 - 1971
Townlife genre painting, abstractions
South Africa. 1873 - 1921
Landscape painting, etching
United Kingdom, South Africa. 1871 - 1939
Landscape painting, buildings, still lives
South Africa. 1931 - 1994
Sculpture
South Africa. 1927 - 2013
Abstract panoramic view landscape painting, still life, mosaic murals
South Africa, England. 1920 - 2010
Primitive figure painting, teaching