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… 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission … where he was educated, Pemba developed an early love for art which his father encouraged by buying him pencils and … Grey Scholarship to Paterson School, where he devoured the art books in the school library. As a 16 year old pupil, he …

… a protagonist with SASA in his quest to unite the various art societies in SA into a single academy. His efforts were … He painted part-time, and became Chairman of the Art section of the Kimberley Athenaeum in 1910. In 1914 he moved to Durban, where he was an art critic on The Natal Mercury, writing under …

… South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, on 13 … is survived by his ten children. Exhibitions: 1973: Lidchi Art Gallery Johannesburg (group). 1978: Sharp Festival, Grahamstown (Festival Art Exhibition). 1979: Goodman Gallery Solo Exhibition …

… in Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in Soweto and … working full-time as an artist. In 1981 he began teaching art, at the Open School until 1986 and then at FUBA until … Vitae Exhibitions: 1974: Sweden (Rorke's Drift). African Art Centre, Durban (Black Expo). American Embassy, Pretoria. …

… was born in Johannesburg in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street Art Centre . He worked in charcoal, inks, watercolours and … their daily lives in vivid colours with abstraction. Some art critics have categorized his work as ‘township art’ and …

… provides subsidies to South Africans wishing to study art. Manana enrolled at the Durban Institute of Technology … nationally and internationally. He also participated in art residencies including one at the Caversham Press, Howick, … Durban he has worked with Community Mural Projects and his art can be spotted on various walls in the city. In a solo …

… removed from Sophiatown . He attended the Polly Street Art Centre consistently over 4 years between 1953 and 1957. …  The gallery owner, Egon Guenther visited the Polly Street Art Centre occasionally to encourage the artists who worked … The same year he was favoured to assist Skotnes as an art instructor at the Polly Street Art Centre. He was …

… leaving to focus on his artwork. He received no formal art training, but he was interested in art from a young age, sculpting in Marula wood with a pen … suitable space in the townships, made settling down in an art career difficult for black artists. The South African …

… the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, which aimed at giving a foundation 11 both … arts. This was emulated at the Grahamstown School of Art, where Charles Groves came to teach in 1905. He won a … in Grahamstown. He later taught at the Cape Town School of Art and then as a Senior Lecturer at UCT's Michaelis School …

… 1963 Venice, Italy (Biennale). (Republic Festival). DAM (Art SA Today). 1965 DAM (solo). DAM (Art SA Today). 1966 Venice, Italy (Biennale). Pretoria … Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgiun (Zulu Art). Nedbank Gallery, Johannesburg (two-person exhibition …

… to 1904 her parents lived in Port Elizabeth where she had art tuition at the Technical College. Returning to … As one of the first students at the Johannesburg School of Art, she became a foundation member of the JSC in 1916, and … with Amshewitz. Like other women members of emergent art societies, she engaged herself in craftwork, making and …

… She obtained a BA(FA) (1971) from the Glasgow School of Art and a MA(FA) from UN. She has lectured in 3D Design, Fashion, Fibre Art and Weaving, Drawing and Painting and Art Education at Technikon Natal, UDW and the Centre for …

… the South African Army Medical Corps. He started the first art therapy courses for wounded soldiers in Egypt and ran art and crafts courses for them during the desert campaign … Brush and Chisel Club and was also active in the Transvaal Art Society. Koenig was determinedly a figurative painter, …

… Iziko SA National Gallery, Cape Town; Johannesburg Art Gallery; Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth; Durban Art Gallery; Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; Pretoria …

… He first became interested in archaeology and primitive art as a young boy after moving to Koffiefontein in 1917, and … clerk in the Magistrates Court in Rustenburg.  His formal art studies started in 1929 at the Wits Tech Art School (drawing and painting), followed by the …

… She trained at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre (ELC), Rorke’s Drift, mainly under Ulla … her.  She exhibited on exhibitions arranged by the ELC Art and Craft Centre in major South African art museums. She is represented in public and private art …

… When Berni Searle was asked by the Brooklyn Museum of Art what her ‘Feminist Artist Statement’ was, she replied, “I … was born in 1964 in Cape Town.  She received her Master of Art in Fine Art (MFA) from the University of Cape Town (1992-95). She was … https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/berni-searle | …

… Cape Town. He completed a full-time diploma course in Fine Art at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town in 1986, and … as a non-degree student at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 1987. He has exhibited … of which, in the University of South Africa's (UNISA) Art Collection. He was one of the most exciting artists to …

… the Lamontville High School until 1982 and was taught art by George Msimang.  In 1994 and 1995 he attended … and received a Certificates in Wood Carving. He taught art in 1995 at Bhekuzulu High School, Nongoma. He … participated in a number of exhibitions held at the Durban Art Gallery and at the African Art Centre. In 1995 his work …

… Elizabeth and from an early age expressed an interest in art. He matriculated in 1974 at Paterson High School in Port … him to begin painting seriously. Erasmus worked on his art independently until 1978, when he entered the Diploma Art Programme at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. In 1980, …

… influential Everard Read Contemporary, circa State of the Art in the early 90s, Siebrits is best remembered for his … is a striking debut. Charting an epoch in South African art, this accomplished unveiling presents works by a host of … this show offers a considered appraisal of South African art at a time when lesser galleries in Johannesburg have all …

… at the hospital who encouraged him to attend the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift. After spending two years … 1974 to 1976, he went to the ELC Centre where he studied art from 1977 to 1978. He has also exhibited nationally and … in 1995 he held his first solo exhibition at the African Art Centre, Durban. He was invited by Artists for Human …

… basis. Painting and drawing images classified as ‘township art’ inspired Hassan to become an artist himself. Hassan first pursued his interest in art by working with Matsemela Manaka and his Creative Youth … interests in theatre, music and poetry, as well as visual art. At one point, Hassan designed anemblem for the Creative …

… small beadwork project that led to her interest in African art and to her starting what became the African Arts Centre … and held workshops and classes aimed at promoting African art and artists. Through the Arts Centre she became an expert in African art and was widely consulted on it. She has been asked to be …

… College, gaining a BA(FA), and in 1934 a National Art Teachers’ Certificate at Natal Technical College; 1942-3 … the University of Stellenbosch. From 1935-1948 he was an art teacher with the Durban-Natal Education Department; … while school teaching, he was a part-time lecturer in art at the Natal Technical College; in 1948 he founded the …

… Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships …

… From the art archive: Gerard Sekoto – resistance artist by Archival …

… The Art of Africa (II): gold and the akan of Ghana …