Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gerard Sekoto |
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Birthdate | December 09, 1913 |
Birth Place | South Africa |
Age (in 2024) | 111 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Painter |
Gerard Sekoto is best known as Painter who has born on December 09, 1913 in South Africa. Currently, Gerard Sekoto is 111 years, 0 months and 13 days old. Gerard Sekoto will celebrate 112th birthday on Tuesday, 9th of December 2025. Below the countdown to Gerard Sekoto upcoming birthday.
Known for his work in the social realism and urban black art genres, Sekoto is remembered for paintings such as Poverty in the Midst of Plenty; Mine Boy; and Jazz Band. Also a musician and composer, he worked as a pianist and singer at a Paris nightclub and had some of his original songs purchased by a French publishing house.
After taking art classes at the Diocesan Teachers Training College, he briefly taught at a local secondary school before relocating to Johannesburg to pursue full-time work as an artist.
The Johannesburg Art Gallery's 1940 purchase of one of Sekoto's paintings marked the first time in South African history that a piece by a black visual artist was made part of a museum's collection.
The child of a Lutheran missionary, he was raised in an area of South Africa that was then known as the Province of the Transvaal.
Sekoto was a contemporary of fellow South African artist Walter Battiss.
Gerard Sekoto is 111 years old today.
Gerard Sekoto was born on December 09, 1913 in South Africa.
Gerard Sekoto zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Gerard Sekoto was best known as Painter.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Gerard Sekoto's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences. |
1973 | British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. |
1979 | The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with rinderpest in 2011 being the other). |
1987 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. |
1992 | American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. |
1996 | Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada. |
2003 | A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. |
2008 | Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. |
2012 | A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people. |
2013 | At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia. |
2016 | President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. |
2016 | At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings. |
2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage. |
2019 | A volcano on Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts. |
2021 | Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from Central America overturned in Chiapas, Mexico. |
1984 | The birth of Leon Hall, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer |
1987 | The birth of Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer |
1987 | The birth of Mat Latos, American baseball player |
1987 | The birth of Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player |
1988 | The birth of Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer |
1991 | The birth of Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor |
1993 | The birth of Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder |
1993 | The birth of Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist |
1995 | The birth of McKayla Maroney, American gymnast |
1996 | The birth of Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast |
1999 | The birth of Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician |
2000 | The birth of Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater |
2013 | The death of Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943) |
2014 | The death of Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Speedy Duncan, American football player (b. 1942) |
2021 | The death of Demaryius Thomas, American football player (b. 1987) |
2022 | The death of Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (b. 1993) |
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