Artist: Gerard Sekoto (1913 - 1993)
Nationality: South African
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Originally intended to become a schoolteacher, Gerard Sekoto’s training introduced him to drawing and painting and encouraged him to create an art career. He then moved to Johannesburg and painted landscapes and scenes of everyday black life. In 1940, one of Sekoto’s works was purchased by the Johannesburg Art Gallery and remained the only painting by a black artist for over twenty years. He moved to Paris in 1947 and lived in France for the rest of his life, however he still painted primarily South African subjects in European styles such as Impressionism, Cubism, and Orphism.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Lucas van Leyden, St. Gerard, 1517
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Gerard Trignac, La Voie, 1981
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Gerard Trignac, L"Etranger, 1983
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Rembrandt Peale - Portrait of Jacob Gerard Koch c. 1817 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Jacob Gerard Veldheer, Dorfstrasse, 1895
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of Goltzius, 1682
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Jacob Gerard Veldheer, Dorfstrasse, 1895
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Gerard Edelinck, Van Bouc, circa 1707
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Pierre-Jean David d'Angers - Francois-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gerard 1836-c. 1838 plaster National Gallery of Art French
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G. Metzeroth, Ney, after Gerard, 19th century
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Aert Schouman, Portrait of Gerard Dou, 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Summer, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Francois Pithou, circa 1700
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of D. Remigius du Laury, 1677
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Autumn, 17th - 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Winter, 17th - 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Spring, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Cochet, Le Cafe, 19th - 20th century
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), The Hybridgs, 1844
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), All for 200 Tombones, 1844
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), A Dog Walking His Man, 1844
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Gerard Edelinck, Abraham Blomaert, circa 1707
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Pieter de Jode II, Gerard Segers, (after self-portrait), 17th century
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Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore GÈrard), Vivace, 1829
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Henry Wolf, Gerard Dow, 19th - 20th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Titien, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Louis, Duc de Bourgogne, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Combat of Four Knights, 17th - 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Beata Theresia, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Pierre Mignard Premier Peintre du Roy, 1700
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Gerard Edelinck, Jean Racine, de l"AcadÈmie FranÁoise, 1700
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Gerard Edelinck, Sebastien Le Nain de Tillemont, circa 1700
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Gerard Edelinck, The Holy Family, 17th - 18th century
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GÈrard de Lairesse, Diana and Endymion, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Jacques Blanchard Peintre ordinaire du Roy, 1696
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Gerard Edelinck, Jacques de Solleysel Escuyer du Roy, circa 1700
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Godfried Schalcken, Portrait of Gerard Dou, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of Titian, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Portrait of Durer, 17th - 18th century
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Gerard Edelinck, Jean de La Fontaine de l"Academie FranÁoise, 1696

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Iziko-SA National Gallery: Gerard Sekoto - From the Paris Studio
In 2000, the Gallery received a donation of over 2000 items from Sekoto's Paris studio and these included paintings, drawings and prints as well as memorabilia and photographs of an artist considered to be the pioneer of urban black art and soc...
Unisa Art Gallery: Homage to Thabang Noto Matseke (1930 - 1997): An Artist who Worked in Silence
Matseke had his primary schooling at the Methodist Primary School and secondary education at Hofmeyr High School in Atteridgeville, after which he proceeded to Kilnerton Training Institution for the Teacher's Higher Certificate, with specialised t...

Further Artwork and Information:

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Gerard Sekoto: SAs artistic icon - SouthAfrica.info
Find in a Library: Sekoto : the art of Gérard Sekoto
Gerard Sekoto (1913 - 1993)
Gerard Sekoto Repatriated
Gerard Sekoto Repatriated

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