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Ernest Mancoba

Ernest Methuen Mancoba (1904 - 2002) was active/lived in Europe, South Africa.  Ernest Mancoba is known for Avant garde painting, drawing, sculpture.

Ernest (Methuen) Mancoba (29 August 1904 – 25 October 2002) was an avant-garde artist, born in South Africa, who spent the majority of his life in Europe. He was probably South Africa's first professional Black modern artist, and exhibited from the late 1920s onward.

Born in Johannesburg, the son of a miner, Mancoba grew up on the Rand and was eventually sent to Grace Dieu near Pietersburg for his secondary schooling by his uncle, an Anglican minister. After graduating, he was hired at Grace Dieu as a language teacher in 1924.

Mancoba's interest in art began in 1925 with the arrival of an adjunct teacher named Ned Paterson at Grace Dieu. Paterson, a recent art school graduate preparing for the ministry, introduced wood carving and gained a following among those at Grace Dieu who were artistically inclined. Mancoba took up woodcarving, which he would specialize in until moving to France in 1938. Initially Mancoba produced decorated pieces of furniture in the school carpent   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7337 characters.]  Artist bio

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