SA artist Rexon Mathebula is born

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Date: 15 October, 1926

Rexon Mathebula, also known as Scotch, South African artist who held several menial jobs and sold his first artworks, images on pieces of glass made with a lump of tar and a tin of red paint, all randomly found, for 75c each, was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg.

Source:

Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery.