Sculptor

Date: 7 September, 1962

Molatodi Thomas Lehupela, South African sculptor, was born in Paradys Location, Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province). In 1984 Lehupela met Father Frans Claerhout, who introduced him to the medium of wood. He is primarily self-taught, but gives credit to the Ramagaga group in Thaba 'Nchu as having influenced his career.

Sources:

Books: Rankin, E. (1989). Images of wood aspects of the history of sculpture in the 20th Century South Africa, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, p. 117.