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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
Art History
South Africa’s most successful artist William Kentridge! Understanding the 17 key themes in his art.
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William Kentridge is a South African artist best known for his charcoal drawings, animations, bookmaking, puppetry, theatre productions, tapestries and films. He is a prolific artist that has been actively […]
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ur 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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]