South African Art History Hi, I am artist Lillian Gray, and I have someone you need to meet. South African artist Esther Mahlangu. Esther Mahlangu is one of South Africa’s most […]
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South African Art History: Cecil Skotnes Hi, I am artist Lillian Gray, and I have someone you need to meet. South African artist Cecil Skotnes. Cecil Skotnes – 1926 – […]
What are the key events in Irma Sterns life? Irma Stern is still considered to be South Africa’s foremost artist in terms of public recognition and the record prices that […]
George Pemba is an inspiring artist who defeated the stereotype that black people could not become professional painters during the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Pemba is often referred to […]
What makes a famous painting? What makes that a painting can stand the test of time? Why are some paintings so entrenched in the collective consciousness? Why are some paintings […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]