Huldeblyke stroom in op sosiale media nadat dit bekend geword het dat die geliefde kunstenaar Kobus Kotz\u00e9 Maandagmiddag 16 Junie op 87 in ‘n hospitaal in Bloemfontein oorlede is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kort voor hy twee weke gelede in die hospitaal opgeneem is, het hy nog met kwas in die hand voor sy esel gewerk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy vrou, Joe, met wie hy 60 jaar getroud was en ook ‘n kunstenaar in eie reg is, skryf of Facebook: “Dit is met hartseer dat ons julle meedeel dat Kobus Kotz\u00e9 na ‘n siekbed van twee weke oorlede is. Ons wil elkeen van sy kli\u00ebnte, vriende en aanhangers bedank vir julle ondersteuning. Elke aankoop, elke kompliment en interaksie het hom oor die jare heen aangemoedig om sy kunsloopbaan met passie uit te leef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Derduisende skilderye uit sy hand hang oor huise reg oor die wer\u00eald. Ons bedank julle elkeen uit ons harte. Kobus was ten spyte van die feit dat hy ‘n welbekende kunstenaar was, ‘n baie nederige mens en het elke aankoop so geweldig baie waardeer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Ons gesin was so bevoorreg om hom in ons lewens te kon h\u00ea. Dis ongelooflik hoe dinge so vinnig gebeur, twee weke gelede was hy sterk en vrolik, hy het griep gekry, binne ‘n dag was hy gedisori\u00ebnteerd en nou is hy weg. Ons waardeer almal se ondersteuning en liefde.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy was siek met griep toe hy in Mediclinic opgeneem is en het vinnig verswak. Hy is Maandagmiddag oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Op Facebook skryf Hennie van Deventer, voormalige redakteur van Die Volskblad<\/em>, dat Kobus een van die pioniers en ook een van die sierade van Die Volksblad<\/em> se Kunsmark in Pres. Swartpark in Bloemfontein gedurende die 1980\u2019s was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEk gee graag eer aan die nederige man wat aan soveel mense w\u00eareldwyd vreugde verskaf het met sy sobere kuns – sonder fieterjasies of pretensie.\u201d<\/p>Hennie van Deventer<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Kobus was ook ‘n bekende gesig by kunstefeeste in Suid-Afrika soos die Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK) en Vrystaatse Kunstefees in Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kobus en Joe se twee dogters, Hanlie en Mariaan, skilder ook en hul seun, Floris, bestuur die Kotz\u00e9 Kunsgalery in Dan Pienaarrylaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kobus Kotz\u00e9 se nalatenskap leef voort in sy kuns \u2013 ‘n tydlose herinnering aan ‘n besonderse kunstenaar en mens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kobus Kotz\u00e9, geliefde kunstenaar, is op 87 in Bloemfontein oorlede. 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