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1935 Johannesburg, South Africa - 1988 Johannesburg, South Africa. Known for: Terra cotta symbolic figurative sculpture.
Kumalo's career began in 1952 in informal art classes organized by Cecil Skotnes at the Polly Street Art Center in Johannesburg, where Kumalo was later to teach. Recognizing his potential as a... Read full biography
Kumalo's career began in 1952 in informal art classes organized by Cecil Skotnes at the Polly Street Art Center in Johannesburg, where Kumalo was later to teach. Recognizing his potential as a sculptor, Skotnes encouraged him to model in clay and negotiated his first commission, for ceiling... Read full biography
Kumalo's career began in 1952 in informal art classes organized by Cecil Skotnes at the Polly Street Art Center in Johannesburg, where Kumalo was later to teach. Recognizing his potential as a sculptor, Skotnes encouraged him to model in clay and negotiated his first commission, for ceiling decorations and reliefs in St Peter Claver, Kroonstad (1958). Kumalo also gained important professional experience working with Edoardo Villa in the late 1950s. In 1956 he met the German connoisseur and... Read full biography
Kumalo's career began in 1952 in informal art classes organized by Cecil Skotnes at the Polly Street Art Center in Johannesburg, where Kumalo was later to teach. Recognizing his potential as a sculptor, Skotnes encouraged him to model in clay and negotiated his first commission, for ceiling decorations and reliefs in St Peter Claver, Kroonstad (1958). Kumalo also gained important professional experience working with Edoardo Villa in the late 1950s. In 1956 he met the German connoisseur and gallery owner Egon Guenther, who promoted his work by financing casting and by organizing Kumalo's first one-man exhibition at his gallery in Johannesburg in 1962, and exhibitions abroad thereafter. In 1963 Guenther also initiated the Amadlozi (Zulu:... Read full biography
Kumalo's career began in 1952 in informal art classes organized by Cecil Skotnes at the Polly Street Art Center in Johannesburg, where Kumalo was later to teach. Recognizing his potential as a sculptor, Skotnes encouraged him to model in clay and negotiated his first commission, for ceiling decorations and reliefs in St Peter Claver, Kroonstad (1958). Kumalo also gained important professional experience working with Edoardo Villa in the late 1950s. In 1956 he met the German connoisseur and gallery owner Egon Guenther, who promoted his work by financing casting and by organizing Kumalo's first one-man exhibition at his gallery in Johannesburg in 1962, and exhibitions abroad thereafter. In 1963 Guenther also initiated the Amadlozi (Zulu: 'spirit of our fathers') group, which included Kumalo, Cecil Skotnes, Edoardo Villa, Cecily Sash (b 1925) and Guiseppe... Read full biography
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