Biographies
678 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0009172 | biography | Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe | 1890-1978 | – |
| B-0009152 | biography | John Ronald Tolkien | 1892-1973 | ✓ |
| B-0009133 | biography | Kiren Thathia | 1959 | – |
| B-0009115 | biography | Gert Petrus Swart | 1952 | – |
| B-0009104 | biography | Paul Stopforth | 1945 | ✓ |
| B-0009074 | biography | Lucas Ted Sithole | 1931-1994 | ✓ |
| B-0009050 | biography | Lucky Sibiya | 1942-1999 | ✓ |
| B-0009045 | biography | Joel Sibisi | 1945 | – |
| B-0009036 | biography | Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe | 1946-1972 | ✓ |
| B-0009030 | biography | Victor Shange | 1958 | – |
| B-0009018 | biography | Dr. Phuthuma Seoka | 1922-1997 | ✓ |
| B-0009016 | biography | Josepha Selhorst | 1914 | – |
| B-0009001 | biography | William Luscombe Searelle | 1853-1907 | ✓ |
| B-0008985 | biography | Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli | 1950 | ✓ |
| B-0008982 | biography | Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni | 1947 | – |
Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe
Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe was born 5 September 1890 in Kimberley. He obtained his Senior Teacher's Diploma and drawing Teacher's…
John Ronald Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 3 January 1892. After his father died, Tolkien and his…
Kiren Thathia
He was born in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in 1989 a…
Gert Petrus Swart
Swart was born in Durban in 1952. After matriculating from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College,…
Paul Stopforth
“Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist who works in oil,…
Lucas Ted Sithole
Lucas Sithole was born and grew up in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion…
Lucky Sibiya
Lucky Sibiya was born in 1942 in Vryheid, Natal. Sibiya was educated at St Peter's Seminary, Hammanskraal. His early art career consisted…
Joel Sibisi
He was born at Rorke's Drift. After leaving school he worked on farms in the Dundee area. In 1970-71 he attended the ELC Centre where he…
Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe
Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe was born on 3rd August 1946 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal. Shilakoe spent his childhood on an isolated mission…
Victor Shange
Victor Shange was born in Ntuzuma, KwaZulu-Natal in 1958. Victor showed keen interest in art at the tender age of 6 and his talent…
Dr. Phuthuma Seoka
Dr Phuthuma (also documented as Phutuma and Phatuma) Seoka was born in 1922 in Modjadji near Duiwelskloof, Lebowa. Seoka left school in…
Josepha Selhorst
Josepha Selhorst was born in 1914, in Rietberg, Westphalia, Germany. She studied at UN(P) 1941-47 under Rosa Hope gaining a BA(FA) 1947 and…
William Luscombe Searelle
William Luscombe Searelle was born Isaac Israel and later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an…
Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli
Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli was born on 3 January 1950 in the town of Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal, now known as Mpumalanga Province…
Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni
Sangweni was born in Vryheid, Natal in 1947. He worked for many years for a carpet company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes…