Ernest Mancoba

1904–2002

Untitled 1976–88
© Courtesy of the Estate of Ernest Mancoba / Galerie Mikael Andersen
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Biography

Ernest (Methuen) Mancoba (29 August 1904 – 25 October 2002) 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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