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 …
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 …
Cecil Skotnes – Cutting edge South African Artist
This blog post is apart of a series called Inspired by the Greats. Our art school will be holding an annual exhibition end of August 2018 with the same title. Let's not re-invent the wheel …