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Ernest Mancoba
South African artist (1904-2002) · South Africa · Artists · Died at 98
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Something wrong?Ernest (Methuen) Mancoba was an avant-garde artist, born in Transvaal Colony, 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.
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![Ernest Mancoba, African Madonna, 1929, sculpted from yellowwood and measuring 86 x 22 x 17 cm.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Mancoba_African_Madonna.jpg/500px-Mancoba_African_Madonna.jpg)
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About this person
Country
South Africa
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 2002 · aged 98
Artists from South Africa 6
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