Artist:
Nicholas Mukomberanwa
Title:
Angels with Instruments
Year:
1959
Adress:
Angels with Instruments
Website:
www.wikipedia.org:
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.
www.wikipedia.org:
Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940 - 12 November 2002) was a Zimbabwean sculptor and art teacher. He was among the most famous products of the Workshop 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. These include four cement angels in the tower, as well as two wood angels for the chapel.
Mukomberanwa's sculptures showed human forms at various levels of abstraction and sometimes depicted animals, birds or spiritual feelings; most were highly polished, although in a few cases he would contrast smooth sections with areas of great roughness. He worked primarily in hard stone, using local materials such as opal stone, cobalt stone and other serpentines, especially a local variant called springstone found at Tengenenge.
Celia Winter-Irving said of Nicholas: 'Unlike many other sculptors, Mukomberanwa speaks from personal experience rather than recounting what he has heard or been told. To him beliefs must be personally held rather than customarily observed. Over the years, his work has shown a sense of the increasing spiritual support which has sustained his art.'
www.gallivantafrica.com:
Zimbabwe is globally renowned for its stone sculpture art. Playing a leading and national role in conveying the stone sculpture story in Zimbabwe is the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The National Gallery of Zimbabwe is where one can view the country’s stone sculpture artworks. There are three galleries, NGZ Harare, NGZ Bulawayo, and NGZ Mutare, all housing leading and emerging names of the stone sculpture genre.
www.diattaart.wordpress.com:
Nicholas Mukomberanwa was a Zimbabwe sculptor renown for his work with soapstone. Mukomberanwa was born in the year 1940 in what used to be Rhodesia, but is now Zimbabwe. His father worked in the mines.
Made his first sculpture out of clay when he was fifteen years old.
As he was educated in Mission schools he developed a unique blend of christian and African things.
Worked on the British South African Police force for fifteen years. It was very risky for the artist to give up the police force job as he had children, but the gamble paid off and he was able to accomplish his dream.
Was included on a stamp for the country’s independence day.
In 1962 he met the man who was the director of the National Gallery who convinced the artist to take up sculpture.
Started exhibiting his work internationally in 1964.
The artist served as a mentor to not only his children, many who became artists, but also to other African artists looking to improve their success.
Received many awards from the government of Zimbabwe over his lifetim
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.
www.wikipedia.org:
Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940 - 12 November 2002) was a Zimbabwean sculptor and art teacher. He was among the most famous products of the Workshop 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. These include four cement angels in the tower, as well as two wood angels for the chapel.
Mukomberanwa's sculptures showed human forms at various levels of abstraction and sometimes depicted animals, birds or spiritual feelings; most were highly polished, although in a few cases he would contrast smooth sections with areas of great roughness. He worked primarily in hard stone, using local materials such as opal stone, cobalt stone and other serpentines, especially a local variant called springstone found at Tengenenge.
Celia Winter-Irving said of Nicholas: 'Unlike many other sculptors, Mukomberanwa speaks from personal experience rather than recounting what he has heard or been told. To him beliefs must be personally held rather than customarily observed. Over the years, his work has shown a sense of the increasing spiritual support which has sustained his art.'
www.gallivantafrica.com:
Zimbabwe is globally renowned for its stone sculpture art. Playing a leading and national role in conveying the stone sculpture story in Zimbabwe is the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The National Gallery of Zimbabwe is where one can view the country’s stone sculpture artworks. There are three galleries, NGZ Harare, NGZ Bulawayo, and NGZ Mutare, all housing leading and emerging names of the stone sculpture genre.
www.diattaart.wordpress.com:
Nicholas Mukomberanwa was a Zimbabwe sculptor renown for his work with soapstone. Mukomberanwa was born in the year 1940 in what used to be Rhodesia, but is now Zimbabwe. His father worked in the mines.
Made his first sculpture out of clay when he was fifteen years old.
As he was educated in Mission schools he developed a unique blend of christian and African things.
Worked on the British South African Police force for fifteen years. It was very risky for the artist to give up the police force job as he had children, but the gamble paid off and he was able to accomplish his dream.
Was included on a stamp for the country’s independence day.
In 1962 he met the man who was the director of the National Gallery who convinced the artist to take up sculpture.
Started exhibiting his work internationally in 1964.
The artist served as a mentor to not only his children, many who became artists, but also to other African artists looking to improve their success.
Received many awards from the government of Zimbabwe over his lifetim