Birth Name: | Naomi Deborah Goldblatt |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1925 |
Birth Place: | Windhoek, South West Africa |
Alma Mater: | University of Cape Town |
Known For: | Sculptor |
Naomi Deborah Jacobson[1] (1 June 1925 – 2016), was a sculptor. She was born in Windhoek in South West Africa on 1 June 1925.[2] Her father was Israel Goldblatt, a lawyer and supporter of Namibian independence.[2] She studied at the University of Cape Town where she met and married her husband Larry. They moved to Johannesburg in 1973.[2] During her career she made statues of people including Lord Baden-Powell, Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo, the Zulu kings Shaka and Cetshwayo, Steve Biko, and Sir Seretse Khama.[2] She died in 2016.[2]