Nelson Mandela Tribute
by Daliana Pacuraru
Title
Nelson Mandela Tribute
Artist
Daliana Pacuraru
Medium
Drawing - Wax And Pastel On Canson Paper - Drawing
Description
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( Madiba ) was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918.
He was black nationalist and the first black president of South Africa (1994–99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk helped end the country’s apartheid system of racial segregation and ushered in a peaceful transition to majority rule. Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993 for their efforts.
He refused to be broken by his circumstances. He changed the course of his life …and the world. While in prison, Mandela was inspired by William Ernest Henley’s poem, Invictus.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
wax and pastel on canson paper - drawing by Daliana Pacuraru
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January 18th, 2018
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Jasna Dragun
Congratulations, your fellow artist chose this work as "Pick Of The Week" in the "Beauty In Art" BIA group! Check out the group gallery and select another artist! l/f
Meryl Goudey
A very honorable portrait of a true hero! I taught my classes about him for many years! L/F
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