General Press: About the Artist
About the Black Christ Painting
Its Creation & Controversy
The Black Christ Painting’s Exile to Europe
The Black Christ Painting Found After Search
Ronald Harrison was born on the 18 March 1940 in the suburb of Athlone, Cape Town, but lived the first four years of his life in Kimberley. After returning to Cape Town, Ronald described his childhood as ‘nomadic’ - his family often moved from place to place and he lived in many different Cape Town communities, including District Six, Ottery and Salt River.
Photographer: Safwat Davids