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	Gerard Sekoto: SA's artistic icon - SouthAfrica.info
		Gerard Sekoto, who was born in 1913 in Middelburg in Mpumalanga, is acknowledged as one of the most important artistic figures in the development of South African contemporary art.
		Sekoto, who left South Africa for Paris, France in 1947 and never returned, started drawing at an early age but did not have access to colour pencils until he was a teenager.
		His paintings, which were returned to South Africa through efforts of the Gerard Sekoto Foundation, are now housed at the University of the Witwatersrand Art Galleries and at the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, are a historical record of a now extinct way of life.
	www.southafrica.info /what_happening/arts_entertainment/sekoto-tribute.htm (631 words)

	Gerard Sekoto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gerard Sekoto (9 December 1913 - 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician.
		Sekoto was born on the 9 December 1913 at the Lutheran Mission Station in Botshabelo near Middelburg, Eastern Transvaal (now known as Mpumalanga).
		Sekoto's paintings became political in the 1970s due to apartheid in his home country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerard_Sekoto (548 words)

	A R T T H R O B / R E V I E W S
		For Sekoto, the everyday is the triumph of human spirit over the deplorable social and economic conditions he and hordes of other urbanised fl people lived through in Eastwood and Sophiatown.
		Sekoto's drawings posses the power of convincing detail and deep emotion, they have the sensitivity to speak for themselves - and for the artist.
		In this show Sekoto is joined by nine other pioneering fl artists in a historic exhibition that traces 30 years of artistic evolution in South Africa (1940 - 1971), examining at the same time how the process of urbanisation influenced their craft.
	www.artthrob.co.za /03june/reviews/siebrits.html (788 words)

	Grosvernor Gallery London - Specialist in 20th Century paintings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		When Sekoto was five years old, his father was posted by the Lutheran Church to their mission school on the farm Wonderhoek, also in the Middelburg District.
		Sekoto started drawing early but did not have access to colour pencils until he was a teenager.
		In 1947 Sekoto made the momentous decision to leave the country of birth and travel to Paris - like many voluntary and involuntary exiles, he was never to return to South Africa.
	www.grosvenorgallery.com /artist_profile.asp?id=1115 (286 words)

	Vgallery.co.za Gerhard Sekoto
		Sekoto was born in 1913 at the Botshabelo Lutheran Mission station near Middelburg in the Northern Province of South Africa.
		Sekoto was a painter of urban scenes, landscapes and figures.
		Sekoto died and was buried in 1993 in Paris.
	www.vgallery.co.za /2002article6/vzine.htm (517 words)

	Within Loving Memory of the Century: An Autobiography African Arts - Find Articles
		It centers on Sekoto's life as an artist with references to exhibitions, reviews, and specific works of art, a number of which are illustrated in the text.
		Sekoto's relationships with other artists in Johannesburg and Cape Town indicate a professional acceptance of fl artists by white artists--that is, a racially integrated artistic community.
		Sekoto felt that he was being squeezed in the middle and often felt socially isolated" (pp.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0438/is_3_39/ai_n16834276 (973 words)

	Gerard Sekoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 December 1913 at Botshabelo mission, near Middleberg, Mpumulanga and he died in Paris in 1993.
		Sekoto is recognized as the pioneer of urban fl art and social realism.
		Sekoto used strong bright colours and unusual perspectives to convey the lively vitality and spontaneity of urban street life despite the hardship of life in Sophia town and District Six.
	www.lifewithart.com /artists/gerard-sekoto.html (323 words)

	warren siebrits: - modern and contemporary art.
		With Sekoto having left Pretoria for Paris in 1947, these works remain as important cultural and historical records of inhabitants and events in three vibrant communities, where Sekoto found himself at different times of his life, whilst living in South Africa.
		It was at this time that Sekoto pushed his understanding of colour and form to new heights and many consider the Eastwood period as the high-point of his artistic achievements.
		Sekoto’s portraits are rarely confrontational, with full frontal portraits a rare exception in his South African oeuvre.
	www.warrensiebrits.co.za /newsletter_view.php?id=5 (1457 words)

	Gerard Sekoto - Definition, explanation
		Gerard Sekoto (9 December 1913 - 20 March 1993), is an South African artist and musician.
		Sekoto was born on the 9 December 1913 at the Lutheran Mission Station in Botshabelo near Middelberg, Eastern Transvaal (now known as Mpumalanga.
		Sekoto's paintings became political in the 1970s due to apartheid in his home country.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/ge/gerard_sekoto.php (557 words)

	Gerard Sekoto's 'illustrious album' - SouthAfrica.info
		Sekoto, born at the Botshabelo Lutheran Mission station near Middelburg in Limpopo Province in 1913, is acknowledged as one of the most important artistic figures in the development of South African contemporary art.
		Sekoto did not have access to colour pencils until he was a teenager.
		Lindop has been involved in Sekoto's life for the past 20 years, and through her correspondence with him was able to confirm details of his life before his death.
	www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/culture/sekoto-album.htm (1084 words)

	Untitled Document
		She was well known in artisitic circles and the intention was for her to hang it in her home whilst trying to find a buyer for the piece amongst her friends and acquaintances.
		Sekoto qualified as a teacher and began teaching at Khaiso School.
		Sekoto's life in Paris was one of a struggle to survive.
	www.freemanart.ca /sekoto.htm (463 words)

	A R T T H R O B _ R E V I E W S (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Born in 1913 in Botshabelo, Gerard Sekoto is regarded as one of the fathers of contemporary fl art in South Africa.
		Sekoto's pre-exile paintings and works on paper are unanimously acknowledged as extraordinary historical and poetic documents of the areas in which he lived and the privations of apartheid.
		The Trustees of the Gerard Sekoto Foundation agreed that the songs should be brought to the attention of the South African public, and marketed as a valuable part of Sekoto's creative legacy.
	www.artthrob.co.za /05apr/reviews/sekoto.html (598 words)

	safm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Sekoto's general education had included music and he had always had a bent for Jazz, a kind of Afro-Jazz with Caribbean influences.
		Sekoto himself probably forgot about these songs, because, once he became a reputable painter, he seems not to have mentioned them.
		In 2003, the first performances of the resurrected songs of Gerard Sekoto were done by the Blue Heads, under the auspices of SAfm, of which the station is very proud.
	www.safm.co.za /presscentre/pressreleases/index.jsp?pressreleaseid=13 (336 words)

	:: GERARD SEKOTO'S 'ILLUSTRIOUS ALBUM' OUT SOON :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Some of the songs, says Lindop, were published in Paris and she has heard that two records were made, and although the search for the records is likely to be exhausting, she is determined to find them.
		Lindop is the bundle of energy and the executive trustee behind the Gerard Sekoto Foundation, established 10 years ago, a year after Sekoto's death in Paris in 1993.
		Sekoto was born in Botshabelo in the Free State in 1913 and lived in Sophiatown and Kliptown in Johannesburg before finally leaving South Africa to spend the rest of his life in Paris, where he is buried.
	www.joburg.org.za /2004/sep/sep29_sekoto.stm (1006 words)

	:: GERARD SEKOTO MURAL UNVEILED IN SOPHIATOWN :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		THE recently completed Gerard Sekoto mural 'Sekoto in Sophiatown', painted on the northern exterior wall of the Anglican Christ the King Church, was unveiled at a ceremony in the suburb on Tuesday.
		The mural, depicting Archbishop Trevor Huddleston walking the dusty streets of Sophiatown, with two children pulling at his cossack, as well as Sekoto's famous 'Yellow Houses', was painted by 12 apprentice artists, under the patronage of the Gerard Sekoto Foundation.
		Sekoto lived in Gerty Street in Sophiatown for a short while, and painted his 'Yellow Houses' in 1940.
	www.joburg.org.za /2004/oct/oct6_mural.stm (820 words)

	ZA@Play (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The Blue Heads, so called in honour of Sekoto’s famous series of blue portraits based on a drawing of Miriam Makeba, are to feature alongside Judith Sephuma and Vusi Mahlasela during the jazz festival at the Spier Arts’s summer season in March.
		Barbara Lindop, Sekoto’s biographer, found the music as she was sorting through his papers, which were part of the artist’s effects returned to South Africa after his death.
		French lyrics were in some cases added to the English words Sekoto had written, to expand the songs to a standard length.
	server.mg.co.za /art/2004/2004feb/040227-sekoto.html (313 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment
		Sekoto was refused entry when he went to see his picture on display and had to pretend to be a cleaner to get in.
		Painted shortly before Sekoto left for Paris, the picture is the only recorded self-portrait from his pre-exile period.
		Sekoto, who died in 1993, is finally achieving the recognition denied him for most of his life.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/05/16/bamarket16.xml&sSheet=/arts/2006/05/16/ixartleft.html (570 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Comment is free \| In praise of... Gerard Sekoto
		In 1940 a young South African, Gerard Sekoto, became the first fl artist to have a picture accepted by the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
		But when Sekoto went to see it on display he had to disguise himself as a cleaner to gain admittance to the whites-only building.
		It was a belated success for Sekoto, who taught himself to draw, went into voluntary exile in 1947 and died, in Paris, in 1993.
	www.guardian.co.uk /commentisfree/story/0,,1774872,00.html (281 words)

	Sekoto, Gerard - Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Gerard Sekoto est né en 1913 dans une mission luthérienne à Botshabelo (Transvaal).
		Sekoto a toujours travaillé de mémoire et ce n'est pas étonnant que dans les années 70, il revienne à ce qu'il connaissait le mieux, l'Afrique du Sud.
		Sekoto fait partie des peintres qui ont marqué un tournant dans l'histoire de l'art sud-africain et est, sans aucun doute, un des pionniers de l'art contemporain africain.
	people.africadatabase.org /en/profile/3475.html (852 words)

	Dispatch Online - Your premier Eastern Cape news site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Sekoto is recognised as the pioneer of urban fl art and social realism and it is unusual for his work to be auctioned outside of South Africa.
		This is the only recorded self-portrait painted prior to his self-imposed exile in 1947, measuring 45x36cm, and it reflects the uncertainty and hurt he felt as he grappled with the realisation that fl people were considered inferior on account of their skin colour — something he could never understand or accept.
		However, when Sekoto went to see his picture hanging for the first time, he was refused entry and had to pretend to be a cleaner to view his work.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2006/05/15/Features/f2.html (474 words)

	Amuzine - African Music Magazine - 16 February 2004
		Gerard Sekoto's talents as composer, lyricist and musician (he played piano and guitar to eke out a living in the tough post-war economic climate in Paris) were only realized after his death.
		Sekoto was studying and building up a name as a painter, but the many late nights of drink-fuelled jazz and ongoing economic hardships begun to take their toll.
		Sekoto's songs are unique: in the gentle humour, conveyed in the lyrics also written by Sekoto, and in the poignancy expressed longing for home, whilst adapting to a foreign environment and trying to win friends.
	www.cd.co.za /160204.htm (15560 words)

	Gerard Sekoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, Middelburg, Transvaal.
		Sekoto received his primary and secondary school education at a Botshabelo mission school.
		In music as in visual art, Sekoto found a way to combine socializing with serious creative work, a habit he kept through his life.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/sekoto-g.htm (640 words)

	Contours 1.2/THE HARMON FOUNDATION AND THE SPONSORSHIP OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ARTISTS, 1947-67 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Sekoto was from an older generation than most of the other artists sponsored by the Harmon Foundation.
		Nevertheless, she suggested that Sekoto contact Palmer Hayden--whom the foundation had assisted earlier--and his wife to assess his work while they were in Paris.
		Finally, in 1966, Sekoto was also part of the large exhibit of African art at the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, for which the foundation was principally responsible.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /journals/contours/1.2/walter.html (7917 words)

	culturebase.net \| The international artist database \| Gerard Sekoto
		Gerard Sekoto was born in 1919 in a Lutheran Mission near Middelburg in Transvaal.
		Among Sekoto's early pictures, the most notable are not only his township ones, still interesting as historical documents, but also his sensitive and perceptive portraits like the 'Girl with Orange' already mentioned and 'Olga on Bernard's Knee (the proud Father)'.
		During his lifetime, Sekoto's works were shown in countless museums and galleries in Africa and Europe and are now found in many private and public collections, including some in South Africa, as in the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Pretoria Art Museum, the South African National Gallery in Cape Town and several universities.
	www.culturebase.net /artist.php?1261 (793 words)

	Mail&Guardian: Gérard Sekoto 1913 to 1993
		He died in 1993 at the age of 80 - shortly after a major retrospective of his work was held in South Africa - alone, impoverished and in exile.
		1913: Sekoto was born on a mission station near Middelburg.
		1939: Pretoria was introduced to Sekoto's work when he held his first solo show in that city.
	www.chico.mweb.co.za /mg/art/reviews/97sep/4sep-sekoto2.html (472 words)

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