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Internationally-acclaimed South African artist Ryno Swart has died from Covid at the age of 76, local media is reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family friend Vanessa Fogel told the Weekend Argus news site that the artist “got sick very quickly”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was at home for about three to four days and then three days in hospital. They did not have a ventilator available<\/a>,\u201d she was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Fogel said that until his last days, Swart did what he loved most – painting and teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His family described him in a statement as one of the foremost figurative artists of the second half of the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC News Africa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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