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403 records
| Src | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-0008338 | biography | Suzanne ‘Zan’ Louw | 1964 | – |
| B-0009269 | biography | Deton (Tito) Zungu | 1946 | ✓ |
| B-0009263 | biography | Ndabenhle William Zulu | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0007945 | biography | Peter Clarke | 1929-2014 | ✓ |
| B-0098966 | biography | Nicholas Hlobo | 1975 | ✓ |
| B-0008379 | biography | Judus Mahlangu | 1951 | ✓ |
| B-0008315 | biography | T. J. Lemon | – | – |
| B-0008066 | biography | Theophilus Dymond Field | 1871-1934 | – |
| B-0007936 | biography | Chauke Family | – | – |
| B-0099633 | biography | Percy Ndithembile Konqobe | 1939 | ✓ |
| B-0008974 | biography | Heidi Saayman | 1970 | – |
| B-0008275 | biography | Moses Kottler | 1892-1977 | ✓ |
| B-0007867 | biography | Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier | 1909-2005 | – |
| B-0066387 | biography | Mads Nørgaard | 1987 | – |
| B-0009230 | biography | Sue Williamson | 1941 | ✓ |
| B-0121599 | biography | Berni Searle | 1964 | ✓ |
| B-0121589 | biography | Mary Sibande | 1982 | – |
| B-0008124 | biography | Paul Grendon | 1954-2019 | – |
| B-0122132 | biography | Wim Botha | 1974 | ✓ |
| B-0093701 | biography | Ben Mclennan | 1956 | ✓ |
| B-0008712 | biography | Brett Murray | 1961 | ✓ |
| B-0008020 | biography | Elizabeth Drake | 1866-1954 | – |
| B-0008917 | biography | Ethel Ruth Prowse | 1883-1967 | – |
| B-0096005 | biography | Frederik Bester Laubscher | 1927-2013 | – |
| B-0007786 | biography | Jane Alexander | 1959 | – |
| B-0009272 | biography | Manfred Zylla | 1939 | – |
| B-0093746 | biography | Rashid Lombard | 1951-2025 | ✓ |
| B-0008646 | biography | James Smith Morland | 1846-1921 | – |
| B-0008128 | biography | Charles Sidney Groves | 1878-1964 | – |
| B-0008933 | biography | Daniel Sefudi Rakgoathe | 1937-2004 | ✓ |
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
Suzanne (‘Zan’) Louw was born in Cape Town, 1964. She received her BA (Fine Arts) at University of Cape Town in 1986. While a Fine Arts student during the…
BiographyDeton (Tito) Zungu
Tito Zungu was born in 1946 in Mapumulo district, Natal. Zungu received no formal education or art training. As a teenager he made clay models and in 1957 he…
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
He was born at Nsengeni in the Vryheid district. He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the Ikhethelihle…
BiographyPeter Clarke
Born in Cardiff Road, Simon’s Town in 1929, as the third born child in a family of six, there was much that his domestic worker mother and Dockyard handyman…
BiographyNicholas Hlobo
Born in 1975 in Cape Town, Nicholas Hlobo grew up in a Xhosa family and attended university at the former Technikon Witwatersrand. Though originally planning…
BiographyJudus Mahlangu
Judus Mahlangu was born on 14 January 1951 in Brakpan, Transvaal. Mahlangu matriculated at KwaPhakama High School in Springs in 1969 where he first studied art…
BiographyT. J. Lemon
T. J. completed his "A" levels in 1977 at Mount Pleasant High School, Harare. In 1981 to 1985 he studied a Bachelor of Pharmacy II - IV but developed an…
BiographyTheophilus Dymond Field
Theophilus Dymond Field was born in Tunbridge Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in watercolour, the most…
BiographyChauke Family
The Chaukes live in Blinkwater, near Msengi in the Limpopo Province, but very little is known about this family of carvers. They have neither been prolific nor…
BiographyPercy Ndithembile Konqobe
Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He completed school through standard six (now Grade Eight)…
BiographyHeidi Saayman
Heidi Saayman was born on 3 February 1970, Umtata in Transkie. She matriculated in 1988 from Queenstown Girls High School. After leaving school she studied at…
BiographyMoses Kottler
Moses Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. As a child, his parents moved…
BiographyGregoire Johannes Boonzaier
Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art against his father…
BiographyMads Nørgaard
Danish documentary photographer and open source software developer who has spent a decade documenting and capturing the Mother City and her people. His work…
BiographySue Williamson
Sue Williamson was born in Litchfield, England in 1941. Her family immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art Students' League in New…
BiographyBerni Searle
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI When Berni Searle was asked by the Brooklyn Museum of Art what her …
BiographyMary Sibande
This biography was written by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. MODUS OPERANDI Mary Sibande - a sculptor, photographer, and visual artist based in…
BiographyPaul Grendon
“I am interested in making large-scale paintings that can be used in public places with imagery that is totally accessible to everyone.” Paul Grendon…
BiographyWim Botha
Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town…
BiographyBen Mclennan
Ben Mclennan was born in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early…
BiographyBrett Murray
Brett Murray was born in Pretoria in 1961. From 1985-1989 he studied at the Michaelis School at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he obtained a Bachelor…
BiographyElizabeth Drake
Elizabeth Drake was born in 1866 in Rochester, Kent, England. Her naturalistic renderings of landscape and architectural subjects in watercolour were much…
BiographyEthel Ruth Prowse
Born in Queenstown in 1833, Ruth Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil Peak in…
BiographyFrederik Bester Laubscher
Frederik Bester Howard (Erik) Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests…
BiographyJane Alexander
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob Modus Operandi Jane Alexander is known for her figurative sculptures, often appearing…
BiographyManfred Zylla
“I use art as a tool to confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality…
BiographyRashid Lombard
Rashid Lombard was born in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 10 April 1951. In 1962, his family relocated to Cape Town,…
BiographyJames Smith Morland
Born Liverpool, England 1846, died Cape Town, 1921. Morland was descended from a family of British artists that includes the famous George Morland (1763 - 1804…
BiographyCharles Sidney Groves
Charles Sidney Groves Arca was born in Leicester, England, 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art…
BiographyDaniel Sefudi Rakgoathe
Daniel Sefudi (Dan) Rakgoathe was born on 25 February 1937 in Randfontein, Transvaal. From Standard VI, Rakgoathe was taught art by Mr Maseko, one f the first…