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November 1938 to early 1940, part 4

This Mancoba diary covers Mancoba's first months in Paris.  He is enrolled at L'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Rue d’Ulm.  He has befriended the Danish ceramicist Christian Pouls...

November 1938 to early 1940, part 7

This Mancoba diary covers Mancoba's first months in Paris.  He is enrolled at L'École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Rue d’Ulm.  He has befriended the Danish ceramicist Christian Pouls...

1938-12-20

Ejler Bille

Minna Ferlov

Ejler Bille wishes Sonja Ferlov's mother, Minna Ferlov, a Merry Christmas and a speedy recovery. He mentions that Sonja…

1938-12-21

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Minna Ferlov

Sonja Ferlov writes to Minna Ferlov wishing her a speedy recovery. She tells her that she is doing well and enjoying th…

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Maske (Krigens Udbrud), 1939.

1939-12-26

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Minna Ferlov

Sonja Ferlov thanks her mother, Minna Ferlov, for a magnificent book of photographs of Rodin's sculptures. She finds it…

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Skulptur, 1940-1946.

1940-03-12

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Minna Ferlov

Sonja Ferlov writes to her mother, Minna Ferlov, that she is currently busy drawing and that she is doing well. She is …

June to September 1940

This section of the Mancoba diary most likely begins around June 1940 when France is on the brink of World War II and Mancoba is still a free man. The section continues with Sonja Ferlov Mancoba wr...

June to September 1940

This section of the Mancoba diary most likely begins around June 1940 when France is on the brink of World War II and Mancoba is still a free man. The section continues with Sonja Ferlov Mancoba wr...

Juni 1940.

Ernest Mancoba

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Ma chere Sonja,Je suis tres bien – xx Il faut pas t’inquiète – Je espere que ca va tres bien avec toi aussi – Si ca va …

1940-1944

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Ernest Mancoba

To my dear Ngungunyana Ernest from Sonja.

ca. 1940.

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Ernest Mancoba

We will keep up and not loose faith in future, dear friend. If you can ever write you know it means so much to meAu rev…

1940-1944

La Grande Caserne St. Denis (Seine)

Ernest Mancoba's prisoner tag from internment in a camp as a British citizen during World War II.translated 2025-02-07

1941 to 1946

Republic of South Africa - Department of Bantu (Native) Affairs, Republic of South Africa - Department of Interior Affairs

Republic of South Africa - Department of Bantu (Native) Affairs, Republic of South Africa - Department of Interior Affairs

The document is a typed transcription of 6 letters by Elza Miles.  They are of correspondence on the stipend and grant …

1941-04-01

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Ernest Mancoba

C’est la mort qui console hélas!Et qui fait vivre;Cest le but de la vie,et c’est le seul espoirQui comme un elixir, nou…

1941-04-27

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Richard Mortensen

Sonja Ferlov writes to Richard Mortensen and thanks him for his letter and the books he has sent her. She recounts thei…

1941-05-08

Ernest Mancoba

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Le 8 Mai 1941 My dear Sonja, Since yesterday when we met I have been thinking again. Whether we are not trying to keep …

1941-05-30

Ernest Mancoba

Mr. Fletcher

Letter from Ernest Mancoba to a Mr. Fletcher, presumably a camp leader or similar at the Drancy internment camp. Mancob…

1941-06-27

Ernest Mancoba

Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

Ernest Mancoba writes to Sonja Ferlov Mancoba that he will write more to her. He has recovered from his own fluctuating…