JOHAN OLDERT OLD SA MASTER 1912-1984 "PLAAS OPSTAL" NO #36 ONTHE CAPI TOP 100 ARTIST S.A

Johannes Oldert was born in 1912 in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He came to South Africa in 1935.

He was a painter of landscapes, seascapes, still llifes, figures and abstract pictures. He preferred to work in oil. He was commissioned to do a number of portrait busts in bronze, including those of the late King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1947 and Dr H F Verwoerd in 1960

Studies:
He studied one year at the Royal Academy in Rotterdam under Koos den Hartog.
He also studied in London under Harold Brownword at Regent Street's Polytechnic.
In South Africa he studied at the Natal Technical College under Merlyn Evans and Nils Anderson.
At the Witwatersrand Technical College he studied under Eric Byrd.

In 1935 he was a member of the NSA. He lived then in Durban and later moved to Johannesburg.

He travelled and exhibited both in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Europe.
In 1954 he made an extensive tour to Europe