David Koloane

David Nthubu Koloane (5 June 1938 – 30 June 2019) was a South African artist and political writer. In his drawings, paintings and collages they are about the actual questions of political injustice and human rights. Koloane was called "an influential artist and writer of the apartheid years" in South Africa by The New York Times. He was born in Alexandra, South Africa.
 Biography 
Koloane's works are part of many collections worldwide, including the collections of the Johannesburg Art Gallery, The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi, the South African National Gallery in Cape Town and the Botswana National Museum.

In 2015, Koloane was honoured by Rhodes University with an honorary degree."Order of Proceedings" , Rhodes University, 10 April 2015

On 30 June 2019, Koloane died of natural causes in Johannesburg. He was 81.David Koloane dies at 81; tributes pour in for legendary South African artist

References

Other websites
  infos at trent-art.co.za
 infos at artthrob
  artist's profile on the Goodman Gallery's homepage
 infos at artprintsa.com
  article on the website "Dead Revolutionaries Club"

Category:1938 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:South African political writers
Category:Painters from Africa