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PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… for his fabulous landscape paintings and a trip to see his art is well worth it. While here you can enjoy light …
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most of his works are a …
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art Centre under Cecil Skotnes, Sydney Kumalo, Bill Hart … Tradition: Towards a New History of South…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… diverse achievements include becoming a self-supporting art restorer, and lately, a successful author. References: …
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… who even in 1959 had an exhibition of non-figurative art, which was rather progressive for the time. She comes …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… in 1925, and studied at the Westminster School of Art in London from 1926-32. Until 1938 she studied in Paris …
PlaceUmzinto, South Coast
… remains a busy Town with a mixture of Colonial and Indian Architecture. Umzinto is a Town that has lasted the ages and … remains a busy Town with a mixture…
PlaceSol Plaatje University
… combination of existing and purpose-built structures. The architecture of the new buildings has a unique personality …
EventJan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter, is born near Riversdale, Western Cape
… most of his work. He held very few exhibitions during his art career. On the rare occasions that he did exhibit, these … Berman ,E., 1994. “ Jan Ernest…
EventThe launch of the Progressive Women’s Movement of SA
… that present labour, political parties, business ,art and culture. It has been launched in all nine provinces …
EventBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala, SA artist, is born
… he studied for a few months under Cecil Skotnes at Jubilee Art Centre in 1964. He was also guided by Ephraim Ngatane in … The Neglected Tradition ,…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… but has since gained wide acceptance. Laubster studied art in Cape Town for two months under Edward Roworth and … [Accessed on 7 May 2012]|Johans Borman…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… hub of the arts and education, home to the Durban Art Gallery, City Library and Natural Science Museum, which … facade it is actually three: the Municipal…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… evolution patterns both through a visit to the San rock-art located in caves on the farms and to fossil sites. An … and Wellwood Farm close to Nieu Bethesda…
PlaceCalvinia
Calvinia was founded on the Farm-'Hoogekraal', in 1845. This property was purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church in order to establish a parish for the Town-…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… South African Poetry, Jeremy Cronin. INTERVIEWS: The Art of Lallitha Jawahirilal, A.W. Oliphant; Going Home, P. …
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… in her own home. During the first year, Woods sold her art works to raise funds for her small library. The library …
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… and teaching of South African history. Book publications, art exhibitions, cultural festivals and additional websites …
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… less than whites. They needed to “learn to talk” through art so as to oppose the oppressive apartheid government [7] . … Columbia University in 1979 with a…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… Aid and Self-Help in West Africa, L.A. Fabunmi. The Art of Africa(III). West African Bronzes, Philip Dark. Ding …
PlaceKliptown Museum
… the Freedom Charter through photographs, news clippings, art, song and narration. Artefacts from those people who …
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… Cartoonists and Comic Strip Artists’ at the Pretoria Art Museum. References: ArcyArt.com (2011). ‘Daniel Cornelis …
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl, SA artist is born
… in Sophiatown and became one of the first significant art teachers in the country. As a teacher, he encouraged … tradition: Towards a new history of South…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… Clarendon. The Memorial Tower Building, with its strongly Art Deco influence, was built to commemorate students who had …
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… events go for cheers and tears, delirium. Mr. Goldblatt’s art, avoiding the overt display of big feelings, goes for … a back story that deepens and darkens…
PlaceObservatory
… Square, which is opposite Groote Schuur graveyard. The architecture of Sir Herbert Baker is widespread. The area is …
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… regarded as one of the finest pieces of ecclesiastical architecture in the Cape (Smith 1964). The 1865 census …
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… the festival – both in terms of the production of high art in cutting edge theatre and exhibitions combined with the …
References and links: Local History
… 9 January 2015]. Smithsonian Education, (1983), “The Art to Zoo: History Close to Home: Creating your own Museum …
PlaceSt. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda
… Armstrong, who had a great interest in and knowledge of architecture. Together they consulted with Captain C Hervey …