33,496| Born | December 09, 1913, Botshabelo, near Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal |
| Died | March 20, 1993, Paris, France |
| Known for | Painting, Music |
| Movement | urban black, social realism |
About Gerard Sekoto
Painter Gerard Sekoto was born in South Africa on December 9, 1913. He dies at the age of 79, on March 20, 1993.
Sekoto is most known for paintings like Poverty in the Midst of Plenty, Mine Boy, and Jazz Band, which he created in the social realism and urban black art genres. He also worked as a pianist and singer at a Paris cabaret, and several of his original compositions were purchased by a French publishing business.
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Gerard Sekoto before becoming famous
Gerard Sekoto was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1913 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Ox (牛).
He temporarily taught at a local secondary school after completing art studies at the Diocesan Teachers Training College before migrating to Johannesburg to pursue full-time work as an artist.
Achievement of Gerard Sekoto
The purchase of one of Sekoto's paintings by the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1940 was the first time in South African history that a work by a black visual artist was added to a museum's collection.
Gerard Sekoto's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship
He grew up in the Province of the Transvaal, South Africa, as the son of a Lutheran missionary.
Gerard Sekoto Collabed with
Teacher Walter Battiss, a fellow South African artist, was a contemporary of Sekoto.
Gerard Sekoto Income & Net worth
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