Nicholas mukomberanwa biography

  • Nicholas Mukomberanwa, was a Zimbabwean sculptor and art teacher.
  • Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940–12 November 2002), was a Zimbabwean sculptor and art teacher.
  • Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940-2002) was the most influential and internationally respected artist in the Zimbabwean sculpture movement.

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    Nicholas Mukomberanwa

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    Angels with Instruments

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    Angels with Instruments

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    Mukomberanwa produced his first art works while at the school, producing six carvings for the Serima church. These include four cement angels in the tower, as well as two wood angels for the chapel.

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    Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940 - 12 November 2002) was a Zimbabwean sculptor and art teacher. He was among the most famous products of the kurs School at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and an art mentor and teacher to the Mukomberanwa Family of sculptors. His work has been exhibited in galleries around the world and he remains one of Zimbabwe's most famous artists.
    Mukomberanwa was heavily influenced by the drawing, patterning, and carving lessons he learned from Groeber and the school's art teacher Cornelius Manguma. Mukomberanwa produced his first art works while at the school, producing six carvings for the Serima church.

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    Nicholas Mukomberanwa

    Zimbabwean sculptor and art teacher

    Nicholas Mukomberanwa

    Nicholas Mukomberanwa

    Born

    Obert Matafi


    1940 (1940)

    Buhera District, Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe)

    Died12 November 2002 (2002-11-13)

    Harare, Zimbabwe

    NationalityZimbabwean
    EducationSerima Mission, Masvingo Province and informally
    Known forSculpture
    MovementShona sculpture
    SpouseGrace Mukomberanwa
    ChildrenAnderson Mukomberanwa, Ennica Mukomberanwa, Lawrence Mukomberanwa, Netsai Mukomberanwa, Taguma Mukomberanwa,Tendai Mukomberanwa
    RelativesNesbert Mukomberanwa (nephew)
    AwardsWinner, Nedlaw award, 1989

    Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940–12 November 2002), was a Zimbabweansculptor and art teacher. He was among the most famous protégés of the Workshop School at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. He was a mentor to the Mukomberanwa Family of sculptors. Mukomberanwa married his first wife, sculptor Grace, in 1965 and they had eight c

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    Nicholas Mukomberanwa

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    Born 1940 in Buhera. Died 2002

    Nicholas Mukomberanwa was born in the Buhera district of Zimbabwe in 1940. His childhood was spent in a rural environment which was fundamentally to influence his later life and work (a wonderful place to grow up- surrounded by mountains and rivers with places full of trees”).  It was at the Serima Mission School where he was introduced to the discipline of wood carving as well as the images of formal worship (Christian) and those of traditional African art.  Nicholas acknowledged the importance of this initial influence (“the seed of art was sown in my heart”), but whereas Serima had provided a rigid and secure framework in which to make early explorations into artistic realms, the very particular philosophy followed by Frank McEwen (whom he met in 1962) hung upon a belief in allowing the natural, latent talents within the artist to emerge, with little  formal guidance and ‘training’.  T