Anderson Mukomberanwa was a Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an artist

Artist

An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...

 known primarily for his stone sculpture

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

. The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa

Nicholas Mukomberanwa

Nicholas Mukomberanwa was a Zimbabwean sculptor. He was among the most famous products of the Workshop School.-Life:Mukomberanwa was born in the Buhera District and spent his childhood in a rural environment. He was interested in art from an early age, being introduced to the craft of woodcarving...

, he was the brother of sculptors Taguma

Taguma Mukomberanwa

Taguma Mukomberanwa is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, he is the brother of sculptors Anderson, Lawrence, Ennica, and Netsai Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa.-References:*...

, Lawrence

Lawrence Mukomberanwa

Lawrence Mukomberanwa is a Zimbabwean sculptor.The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Lawrence worked with his father while training to be a commercial pilot. He worked in the field for some years before turning to sculpture full-time...

, Ennica

Ennica Mukomberanwa

Ennica Mukomberanwa is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The daughter of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, she is the sister of sculptors Anderson, Netsai, Taguma, and Lawrence Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa...

, and Netsai Mukomberanwa

Netsai Mukomberanwa

Netsai Mukomberanwa is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The daughter of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, she is the sister of sculptors Anderson, Ennica, Taguma, and Lawrence Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa. She spends afternoons producing her work at the family farm in Ruwa; her primary job is...

, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa

Nesbert Mukomberanwa

Nesbert Mukomberanwa is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The nephew of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, he is the cousin of sculptors Anderson, Ennica, Taguma, Netsai, and Lawrence Mukomberanwa....

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Mukomberanwa began his career by studying with his father, working with hard stones native to the region. Later in his career he took up printmaking

Printmaking

Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...

, becoming interested in etching

Etching

Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...

 and woodblock

Woodcut

Woodcut—occasionally known as xylography—is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges...

 printing. He was also a painter.

Mukomberanwa died from cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

in 2003.