David Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal

David Phaswane Mogano was born in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) in 1932.Upon completing his high school studies he left for Johannesburg. In Johannesburg he got a job in a hotel where he worked as a cook. Blessed with a natural ability to draw, Phaswane began training in fine art at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1959.He trained under great artists such as Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Khumalo. He mastered the watercolour medium and painted exclusively in it. He joined the group of artists known as Artists Under the Sun. The group exhibited annually at Joubert Park in the Johannesburg inner city. One of his biggest exhibitions was of a collection of his paintings spanning a period of 25 years, which was held at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg in 1999.