INVESTMENT. Signed by the artist. No. 103 of a limited edition of 250 prints.
Born 1929 Turffontein, Johanneshurg.
Died 2000
A painter of still life, genre, figures and abstracts. Worked in oil and mixed media. Created assemblages, using Perspex.
1947 - 53 figurative pictures
1953 - 56 abstract pictures
1956 - 64 assemblages
1964 - 73 Neo Baroque
from 1974 Protest and Hypermannerism.
Studies:
1947-50 BA ( FA ) University of the Witwatersrand
1951-52 The Slade School of Art, London, postgraduate study bursary
1956 Italy, studied on an Italian Government Traveling Scholarship
1959-60 University of Kyoto, Japan, on a Japanese Government Traveling Scholarship
Profile:
1947 - 51 a member of the Witwatersrand Group
1958 - 63 A member of the Gutai Group, Osaka, Japan
1951 - 56 Lived and worked in London
1956 - 64 Lived in Paris
1959 - 60 in Osaka, Japan
1964 Spain, spending half of each year at Tulbagh in the Cape
Exhibitions:
He participated in various group exhibitions in SA and in the UK, France, Japan, the USA, Italy, Belgium, Canada, Australia, Zamibia, Spain, The Netherlands, West Germany and Greece from 1949
1951 - IDB Gallery, Cape Town, first of 40 solo exhibitions held in SA. UK, the USA, France, Japan, Italy, Belgium, Spain and China
1965 - Pretoria Art Museum, Retrospective Exhibition
1973 - Potchefstroom University for CHE, Prestige Exhibition
1975 - Rand Afrikaans University, Prestige Exhibition
1978 - University of Stellenbosch, Prestige Exhibition
1981 - Republic Festival Exhibition
1983 - Pretoria Art Museum, Retrospective Exhibition
1987 - Rand Afrikaans University, Prestige Exhibition
1988 - Johannesburg Art Gallery, Vita Art Now
1999 - Retrospective Exhibition Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch.
1999 - Retrospective Exhibition Sanlam Art Gallery, Bellville
Awards:
1961 - Award Winner, Art of Assemblage Exhibition, Museum of
Modern Art, New York, USA
1983 - Medal of Honour for Painting, SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.
Represented:
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Canada
Durban Art Gallery
Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet
Idemitsu Collection, Japan
Johannesburg Art Gallery
Pietersburg Collection
Potchefstroom Museum
Potchefstroom University for CHE
Pretoria Art Museum
Rand Afrikaans University
Roodepoort Museum
Sandton Municipal Collection
SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
SA National Gallery, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
University of Natal
University of the Orange Free State
University of Pretoria
University of South Africa
University of Stellenbosch
University of the Witwatersrand
Willem Annandale Art Gallery, Lichtenburg
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
Public Commissions:
1971 - Tapestry for Johannesburg International Airport
1980 - Fire curtain, Drama Theatre, the State Opera House, Pretoria
