Inspired by the Greats Exhibition
OPENING EVENING Please join us for a glass of wine and to meet the artists. WHEN: 28 September 2018 18:00 onwards TICKETS: R60 per adult R30 per child. Includes wine for adults and cooldrink for kids. …
Art Project: Charlotte Gastaut
Art Project Charlotte Gastaut Oil Pastel Illustration History Lesson: Charlotte Gastaut is a French illustration artist. She has contributed to numerous women's magazines and has written and illustrated many books for children. She creates beautiful dreamscapes …
Art project: Keith Haring
Art Project Keith Haring Acrylic Paint on Canvas History Lesson: Keith Haring (1958 - 1990) was an American artist whose pop art and graffiti-like work grew out of the New York City street culture of the …
Art project: Paul Klee
Art Project Paul Klee Oil Pastels on a blackboard History Lesson: Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) was a German artist. He and his colleague, Russian painter Wassily Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture. His works …
Art Project: Gregoire Boonzaier
Art project Gregoire Boonzaier Scraperboard History Lesson: Gregoire Boonzaier (31 July 1909 – 22 April 2005) was a South African artist well known for his landscapes, portraits and still life paintings. He was a famous exponent …
Guest Artists in our Studio
Our founder Lillian Gray will be travelling Europe during August. (We know, though life hey.) But instead of all the students bursting into tears, missing Lillian we thought; "What can we do that would make …
Inspired by the Greats Projects
Our students will be hosting an Art Exhibition "Inspired by the greats" 28 -September - 1 Oct 2018 This post is for the students of Lillian Gray Art School to brief them on their 8 projects. …
William Kentridge, not just black & white
William Kentridge is a South African draftsman, performer, and filmmaker. Best known for his animated drawings, the central focus of Kentridge’s oeuvre has been to examine the years before and after apartheid. The artist conflates his …
Salvador Dali ’s wonderful absurd worlds
Salvador Dali lived in a tumultuous time in History. His life from 1904 – 1989 spanned over World War I, The Great Depression, World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall. In Psychology Sigmund Freud's …
The most celebrated dwarf of all times, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Copious amounts of money, not accepted by his father, deformed, unnaturally short, lover of reading and knowledge, highly skilled and gifted, drawn to prostitutes and drinking...NO I am not talking about Tyrion Lannister, I am talking about …
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Esther Mahlangu’s patterns of success that never ends
A leading South African artist is on a mission to preserve her culture through her world-renowned creations. 81-year-old Esther Mahlangu has been painting since she was 10 years old. She is known for bold, large-scale …
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Meet the fascinating Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol was the most glamorous figure of 20th-century American art scene. He was the first Art Superstar! He wore a silver wig, loved the smell of washing powder and found beauty in the mundane. …
Pierneef – the iconic landscape artist
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (usually referred to as Pierneef) (13 August 1886 Pretoria – 4 October 1957 Pretoria), was a South African landscape artist, generally considered to be one of the best of the old South African masters. His distinctive style …
Celebrating Irma Stern
Irma Stern is still considered to be South Africa’s foremost artist in terms of public recognition and the record prices that her works fetch at an auction. At first, misunderstood for her highly individual and …