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Mukomberanwa Family
Mukomberanwa is the family name of renowned Zimbabwean sculptors. Nicholas Mukomberanwa, together with his wife, Grace Mukomberanwa were one of the first generation of Zimbabwean sculptors of Shona art sculptors. Zimbabwean sculptors are separated into "generations" based on the period that one started working with stone. They trained their relatives, including children and nephews in the same craft, who later gained a name for themselves in the industry and became a part of the second and third generations of Zimbabwe sculptors. Grace and Nicholas had six children together. The children of Nicholas, in order of birth, were Anderson Mukomberanwa, Malachia Mukomberanwa, Lawrence Mukomberanwa, Taguma Mukomberanwa, Tendai Mukomberanwa, Netsai Mukomberanwa, and the youngestEnnica Mukomberanwa. Artists They trained the second and third generation of Zimbabwean sculptors, many of whom became famous sculptors internationally. The family members who are considered the second generat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sculptor
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sculptural processes originally used carving (the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material, as clay), in stone, metal, ceramic art, ceramics, wood and other materials but, since Modernism, there has been an almost complete freedom of materials and process. A wide variety of materials may be worked by removal such as carving, assembled by welding or modelling, or Molding (process), moulded or Casting, cast. Sculpture in stone survives far better than works of art in perishable materials, and often represents the majority of the surviving works (other than pottery) from ancient cultures, though conversely traditions of sculpture in wood may have vanished almost entirely. However, most ancient sculpture was brightly painted, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Mukomberanwa
Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940 - 12 November 2002) was a Zimbabwean sculpture, sculptor 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 Mukomberanwa, Grace, in 1965 and they had eight children. In 1965, he decided to end his career with the police to become a sculptor full-time. He continued to hone his skills over the following decade, developing one of the most distinctive personal styles found in his generation of Zimbabwean stone sculptors. The gambit paid off, and by the late 1970s and in the 1980s his work was being shown in many venues. His work has been exhibited in galleries around the world. He also became mentor to many artists in Zimbabwe, including his children Anderson Mukomberanwa, Ennica Mukomberanwa, Lawrence Mukomberanwa, Netsai Mukomberanwa, Taguma Mukomberanwa,Tendai Mukomberanwa and nephew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Mukomberanwa
Grace Mukomberanwa (born 1944) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Mukomberanwa is a first-generation soapstone sculptor of Shona art. She was the wife of renowned first generation artist Nicholas Mukomberanwa. They both trained in soapstone sculptor and then trained their children in the same craft. She was one of the leading female sculptors in Zimbabwe. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the world. She is a member of the Mukomberanwa family, who are renowned sculptors.http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=508&cat=10 Mukomberanwa was the wife of Nicholas Mukomberanwa. She was the mother of sons Anderson, Lawrence Mukomberanwa, Tendai, Taguma, daughters Netsai, and Ennica Mukomberanwa, and the aunt of Nesbert Mukomberanwa Nesbert Mukomberanwa (born 1969) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Born in Buhera, Mukomberanwa began to study sculpture with his uncle in 1987; by 1989 he had struck out on his own, establishing a workshop in Chitungwiza. Here he worked for nearly a de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Art
Sculpture and in particular stone sculpture is an art for which Zimbabwe is well known around the world. Origins Central Zimbabwe contains the "Great Dyke" – a source of serpentine rocks of many types including a hard variety locally called springstone. An early precolonial culture of Shona peoples settled the high plateau around 900 AD and “Great Zimbabwe”, which dates from about 1250–1450 AD, was a stone-walled town showing evidence in its archaeology of skilled stone working. The walls were made of a local granite and no mortar was used in their construction. When excavated, six soapstone birds and a soapstone bowl were found in the eastern enclosure of the monument, so art forms in soapstone were part of that early culture and local inhabitants were already artistically predisposed, fashioning works from various natural materials such as fibres, wood, clay, and stone for functional, aesthetic, and ritual purposes. However, stone carving as art had no direct lineage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anderson Mukomberanwa
Anderson Mukomberanwa (9 February 1968 – 2003) was a Zimbabwean artist and engineer known primarily for his stone sculpture. Mukomberanwa began his art career by studying with his father, working with hard stones native to the region. Later in his career he took up printmaking, becoming interested in etching and woodblock printing. He was also a painter. He had his own style of art that incorporated humor. Anderson obtained a btech degree from harare polytechnic college in 1993.There after he decided to gointo art rather than pursue his profession as a civil engineer Anderson died from cancer on 9 March 2003. He was a member of Zimbabwe's acclaimed Mukomberanwa family of sculptors. He is the son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, he was the brother of second generation sculptors Taguma, Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Mukomberanwa
Lawrence Mukomberanwa (born 1976) is a Zimbabwean sculptor and pilot. The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Lawrence (sometimes spelled Laurence) worked with his father from his early childhood days. He continued sculpting whilst training to be a commercial pilot. He worked in the field for some years before turning to sculpture full-time. His works have been featured in a number of European exhibitions. Career He started out his career as an airplane pilot but then quit to engage in the family craft. Lawrence Mukomberanwa, the son to sculptor Nicholas, says he has no regrets after he recently quit his professional job as a pilot to follow in the footsteps of his dad. Laurence's subject matter deals with contrasts and opposites. He is concerned with the disparity of power between poverty and wealth. Mukomberanwa is a member of the Mukomberanwa family of sculptors. He is the son of first generation Shona art sculptors Grace Mukomberanwa and Nicholas Mukomberanwa.http://www.her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taguma Mukomberanwa
Taguma Mukomberanwa (born 1978) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, he is the brother of sculptors Anderson, Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ..., Ennica, and Netsai Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa. Taguma's work was included in a 2017 exhibition exploring modern art in Africa in at Kunsthalle ConARTz in Markt Indersdorf, Germany. References External linksBiography, with images of his work 1978 births Living people People from Mashonaland East Province 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors 20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tendai Mukomberanwa
Tendai Mukomberanwa (born 1974) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The son of Grace Mukomberanwa and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Tendai worked with his father from age 10 in his early childhood days. His artwork has been sold and exhibited worldwide. He continues sculpting at the family studios in Ruwa. Career Tendai began sculpting from a young age under the training of his father, world-renowned artist, Nicholas Mukomberanwa. He then received academic training by earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sonoma State University in California. He then moved to South Africa where he worked as a computer teacher. He continues to sculpt at the family studio. He is a member of the Mukomberanwa family of sculptors.http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=508&cat=10 Mukomberanwa is the brother of Anderson, Tendai, Taguma, Netsai, and Ennica Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa Nesbert Mukomberanwa (born 1969) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Born in Buhera, Mukomberanwa began to stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netsai Mukomberanwa
Netsai Mukomberanwa is an acclaimed Zimbabwean sculptor. She is a second generation Shona art sculptor that works with stone as a medium. She spends afternoons producing her work at the family farm in Ruwa; her primary job is as a school teacher. She is a member of the famed Mukomberanwa family of artists. She is a daughter of first generation Shona art Sculptors Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Grace Mukomberanwa. She is the sister of sculptors Anderson, Ennica, Taguma, Tendai Mukomberanwa and Lawrence Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa Nesbert Mukomberanwa (born 1969) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Born in Buhera, Mukomberanwa began to study sculpture with his uncle in 1987; by 1989 he had struck out on his own, establishing a workshop in Chitungwiza. Here he worked for nearly a de .... From her early childhood on, she was exposed to the art of stone sculpting due to her famous father, Nicholas. Since then she always proved her talent in this discipline, even tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ennica Mukomberanwa
Ennica Mukomberanwa (born 1978) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The daughter of Grace Mukomberanwa and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, she was trained by the first generation of sculptures. Her work is exhibited in private collections and at galleries around the world. She is a third generation Zimbabwean sculptor. In 2004, she was awarded a prize which allowed her to travel to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Scotland, and Canada. She is a member of the Mukomberanwa family of sculptors. She is the daughter of Grace Mukomberanwa and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, who served as her mentor. She is the sister of sculptors Anderson Anderson or Andersson may refer to: Companies * Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910 * Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car * Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer * Anderson Ra ..., Netsai, Taguma, Tendai Mukomberanwa and Lawrence Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa. Career Her work focuses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
