​Contemporary South African Art

Born: 1928 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Resided in SA from 1948

A painter working in oil, watercolour, gouache,ink,wash, pencil and charcoal. 

A graphic artist,making screenprints and woodcuts.  1977-81 a seriesof landscape based screenprints.  1983 started experimenting in papermaking. 

Studies:

1946-47 Rietveld Akademie, Amsterdam

Profile: 1949-57 taught at the Polly Street

Art Centre, Johannesburg.  1952 launched

his own graphic studio and founded the Graphic Club of SA; 1956-57 lived in Melbourne, Australia, returning to SA via

New Guinea, Manila, Hong Kong, Thailand, Pakistan, Kenya and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); also travelled extensively in Southern Africa and in Europe.

Exhibitions:

He has participated in numerous group exhibitions from 1960 in SA, Europe, the USA,Israel and Australia; 1964 Egon Guenther Gallery, Johannesburg, first of c.40 solo exhibitions held in SA, The Netherlands

and West Germany; 1981 Republic Festival Exhibition; 1985 Potchefstroom University

for CHE, solo exhibition.  

Represented: Durban Art Gallery; King George

VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth; Potchefstroom Museum; Potchefstroom University for CHE;

Pretoria Art Museum; Rand Afrikaans University; Sandton Municipal Collection;

SA National Gallery, Cape Town; University

of Cape Town; University of Durban Westville; University of Natal; University of Orange Free State; University of South Africa; University

of Witwatersrand; William Humphreys

Art Gallery, Kimberley.

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References: SAGAT; BSAK 1& 2; SA Art; 3Cs; AASA; LSAA; Artlook July 1967 & August 1969; Lantern November 1977;

In The Clouds November 1979