The following is a list of artists from South Africa.

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* Bill Ainslie (1934-1989) * Jane Alexander (1959-) * Siemon Allen (1971-) *

Nils Andersen Nils Andersen (21 March 1902 – 7 May 1979) was a Norwegian middle and long-distance runner. He was born in Kristiania, and represented the club Tøien TF. He competed in the 3000 metres team race at the 1924 Summer Olympics, along with t ...

(1897-1972) *

Tyrone Appollis Tyrone Appollis is a South African artist and poet. Education He studied art at the Community Arts Project under Cecil Skotnes between 1982 and 1987. He was active in the formation of the Mitchells Plain Art Group in 1988. He has held numer ...

(1957-) * Dieter Aschenborn (1915-2002) *

Hans Aschenborn Hans Anton Aschenborn (1 February 1888 – 10 April 1931) was a renowned animal painter of African wildlife. He is the father of Dieter Aschenborn and the grandfather of Hans Ulrich Aschenborn, both painters. Hans Anton worked both in Germany ...

(1888-1931) *

Uli Aschenborn Hans Ulrich "Uli" Aschenborn (born 6 September 1947 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a Southern African animal painter.

(1947-) * Leigh Ashton (1956-)

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Beezy Bailey Beezy Bailey (born 21 July 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a South African artist who works in various media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and ceramics. He has been a full-time artist for 30 years, with over 20 ...

(1962-) * Kenneth Baker (1921-1996) * Walter Battiss (1906-1982) *

Janko de Beer Janko de Beer (born February 24, 1980) is a South African sculptor and visual artist, based in Somerset West, South Africa. Career De Beer obtained his law degree (LLB) in 2003 and practiced as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa ...

(1980-) * Charles Davidson Bell (1813-1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer *

Deborah Bell Deborah Bell (1957, Johannesburg) is a South African painter and sculptor whose works are known internationally. Biography Bell earned fine arts degree from the University of Witwatersrand in 1975 and in 1986 she earned Master of Arts at the sa ...

(1957-), sculptor, painter and mixed media artist * Willie Bester (1956-) * Harry Bolus (1834-1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist *

D. C. Boonzaier Daniël Cornelis Boonzaier (11 November 1865 – 20 March 1950), more commonly known as D.C. Boonzaier, was a South African cartoonist. He was famous for his caricatures of Cape politicians and celebrities at the turn of the century, and later ...

(1865-1950) * Gregoire Boonzaier (1909-2005) *

Dineo Seshee Bopape Dineo Seshee Bopape is a South African multimedia artist. Using experimental video montages, sound, found objects, photographs and dense sculptural installations, her artwork "engages with powerful socio-political notions of memory, narration ...

(1981-) * Steven Bosch (1978-) *

Cristina Boshoff Katarina Boshoff (born 8 October 1980 as Katarina Cristina Boshoff) is a South African folk pop singer and pianist based in Cape Town. Boshoff was born in Stellenbosch, and holds dual citizenship in South Africa and Spain. She began playing ...

(1980-), singer * Willem Boshoff (1951-) * Wim Botha (1974-) * Candice Breitz (1972-) * Lisa Brice (1968-) * Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981-) * Rhona Brown (1922-2014), botanical artist * Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs

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* Sarah Calburn (1964-) * Norman Catherine (1949-) * Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010) *

Frans Claerhout Frans Claerhout (15 February 1919 – 4 July 2006) was a Belgian painter who spent most of his adult life in South Africa. Biography Claerhout was born in Pittem, West Flanders in 1919, and moved to South Africa as a missionary for the Catho ...

(1919-2006) * Julia Rosa Clark (1975-) *

Peter Clarke Peter Clarke may refer to: *Peter B. Clarke (1940–2011), British religious scholar *Peter J. Clarke, U.S. Navy admiral, see Joint Task Force Guantanamo * Peter Clarke (admiral) (born 1951), Australian admiral *Peter Clarke (artist) (1929–2014 ...

(1929-2014) * Christo Coetzee (1929-2000) * Ernest Cole (1940-1990) *

Ruann Coleman Ruann Coleman is a South African minimalist sculptor. His work, which consists of materials reclaimed from junkyards or sourced from the environment, has been exhibited in Cape Town, Johannesburg and in Rome, Milan and Torino Turin ( , Pi ...

(1988-) * Gillian Condy (1952-), botanical artist * Tom Cullberg (1972-)

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* Nerine Desmond (1908-1993) *

Mbali Dhlamini Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990) is a South African artist. She predominantly works in photography and time-based media. Life Dhlamini was born 1990 in Soweto, Johannesburg. From 2008 to 2009, she studied printmaking at the Artist Proof Studio in Joh ...

(born 1990), photographer * Adriaan Diedericks (born 1990), sculptor *

Ethel May Dixie Ethel May Dixie (9 May 1876 in Sea Point, Cape Town – 11 October 1973 in Rondebosch, Cape Town) was a South African botanical artist. Dixie was largely self-taught unlike her older sister who enjoyed the benefits of tuition by Thomas Bowler. ...

(1876-1973), botanical artist *

Marlene Dumas Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter currently based in the Netherlands. Life and work Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Kuils River in the Western Cape, where her father had ...

(1953-)

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* Peter Eastman (1976-) *

Paul Emsley Paul Emsley (born 25 August 1947) is a British artist who worked in South Africa until 1996 and is now resident in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England. He is a former lecturer at the Stellenbosch University and the 2007 winner of the BP Portr ...

(1947-), portrait painter and lecturer *

Garth Erasmus Garth Erasmus (born April 12, 1956, in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa) is a South African artist who works in several media, including painting. Early life and education He attended Paterson High School in Port Elizabeth and later at ...

(1956-)

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* Dumile Feni (1939-1991), sculptor and printmaker'' Grove Art Online'' * Cyril Fradan (1928-1997), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques *

Abrie Fourie Abrie Fourie (born 1969) is a South African born artist. He currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. While specialising in photography and digital media, Fourie prefers not to be bound by a specific genre. His photographs have been describ ...

(1969-), artist specialising in photography and digital media

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* Kendell Geers (May 1968-) *

Allerley Glossop Allerley Glossop (1870–1955) was a South African artist known particularly for her landscape and pastoral scenes. Biography Glossop was born Alice Glossop into a middle-class family in Twickenham, in West London, the daughter of George Glo ...

(1870-1955) * David Goldblatt (1930–2018) * Arthur Goldreich (1929-1982) *

Frances Goodman Frances Goodman (born 1975) is a South African mixed-media artist who currently lives in Johannesburg. Her work makes use of acrylic nails and other unconventional materials and is "interested in the relations between femininity, costuming, and r ...

(1975-)

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Caesar Carl Hans Henkel Caesar Carl Wilhelm Hans Henkel (1837 Fulda, Hesse - 16 June 1913 Umtata), was a German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist. He was the father of John Spurgeon Henkel. Henkel came from an old and distinguishe ...

(1839-1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist *

Matthew Hindley Matthew Hindley (born 1974, Cape Town, South Africa) is a South African painter. He graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town in 2002, where he was awarded the ''Michaelis Prize''. As one of the country's most recognized younge ...

(1974-) *

Nicholas Hlobo Nicholas Hlobo is a South African artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was born in 1975 in Cape Town. He earned a Bachelor of Technology from Technikon Witwatersrand in 2002. He creates large sculptural works that are expansive masses ...

(1975-), sculptor *

Robert Hodgins Robert Hodgins (27 June 1920 – 15 March 2010) was an English painter and printmaker. Life history Robert Hodgins was born in Dulwich, London, on 27 June 1920, and immigrated to South Africa in 1938. He enlisted with the Union Defence Fo ...

(1920-2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker * Rosa Hope (1902-1972), English-born South African painter * Pieter Hugo (1976), photographer

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* Gavin Jantjes (1948-), painter *

Barbara Jeppe Barbara Jeppe (21 May 1921 Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, Pilgrim's Rest – 20 June 1999 Johannesburg) was a South African botanical illustrator, botanical artist. Born in the mining town of Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, Pilgrim's Rest, she was th ...

(1921-1999), botanical artist *

Gabriel de Jongh Gabriel Cornelis de Jongh (6 April 1913 – 11 March 2004) was a Dutch-born South African painter. Gabriel de Jongh was born in Amsterdam, the only son of landscape artist Tinus de Jongh. After a very close relationship with his father, Gabrie ...

(1913-2004) *

Tinus de Jongh Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (31 January 1885 in Amsterdam – 17 July 1942 in Bloemfontein) was one of South Africa's most popular painters. Career Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in the Netherlands, and then pur ...

(1885-1942), painter

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* Anton Kannemeyer (1967-) *

William Kentridge William Kentridge (born 28 April 1955) is a South African artist best known for his prints, drawings, and animated films, especially noted for a sequence of hand-drawn animated films he produced during the 1990s. The latter are constructed by ...

(1955-) *

Wolf Kibel Wolf Kibel (16 December 1903 – 29 June 1938) was a South African Painting, painter and printmaker. He was partly responsible for the introduction of Expressionism to South Africa. His paintings and monotypes have earned him recognition as a si ...

(1903-1938) * David Koloane (1938-2019) *

Ansel Krut Ansel Krut (born 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a painter who lives and works in London, United Kingdom. Ansel Krut graduated with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 1986, after which he was awarded the Abbey Major scholarshi ...

(1959-), painter based in London, UK * David Kuijers (1962-), painter, designer and illustrator

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* Maggie Laubser (1886-1973) *

Ralph Lazar Ralph Lazar (born 1967) is an artist, illustrator and a New York Times Bestselling author. Life Ralph Lazar was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967, and has degrees in law & economics from the University of Cape Town and The London Schoo ...

(1967-) * Cythna Letty (1895-1985), botanical artist * Carla Liesching (1985-) *

Kai Lossgott Kai Lossgott is a South African interdisciplinary artist whose object, body and lens-based practice encompasses the fields of performance, photography, writing, drawing and film. Background and education Lossgott was born in Marktoberdorf, Germ ...

(1980-)

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Noria Mabasa Noria Muelwa Mabasa (née Luvhimbi) (born May 10, 1938) is a South African artist who works primarily in ceramic and wood sculptures. She comes from the Venda ethnic group. Early life Noria Muelwa Luvhimbi was born on May 10, 1938, in Shigalo ...

(1938-) *

Fikile Magadlela Fikile Patrick Magadlela (13 December 1952 – 2003) was born in Newclare, Johannesburg South Africa. He started drawing on his parents’ walls from as early as he could remember. Raised from a loving home by his parents Arthur Magadlela and Mavi ...

(1952-2003) * Esther Mahlangu (1935-) * Billy Mandindi (1967-2005) *

Anja Marais Anja Marais (born 1974) is a South African sculptor and multi-disciplinary artist. She has completed residencies in Japan, Korea, Russia and Florida and completed solo and group shows in Asia, Europe and the US. Biography Anja Marais was born in ...

(1974-) * Amitabh Mitra (1955 -) painter, physician *

Louis Maqhubela Louis Khehla Maqhubela (1939 – 6 November 2021) was a South African artist. Biography Louis Maqhubela was born in Durban in 1939. He studied at the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg. One of his earliest exhibitions was in 1959 in Johann ...

(1939-) *

Gerhard Marx Gerhard Marx (born 1976) is a South African artist. Biography Born in 1976, he completed his master's degree in Fine Arts cum laude at the University of Cape Town in 2004. He has worked with well-known artists such as William Kentridge and the ...

(1976-) * Judith Mason (1938-2016), painter, sculptor and installation artist *

Kagiso Patrick Mautloa Kagiso Patrick "Pat" Mautloa (September 24, 1952, Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal) is a multi-media visual artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Early life and education At the age of two Mautloa's family relocated to Soweto and later att ...

(1952-) * Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923-1980), artist, author and historian * John Meyer (1942-), painter * Ina Millman, artist and art teacher *

Anthony Morton Admiral Sir Anthony Storrs Morton (6 November 1923 – 6 May 2006) was a senior Royal Navy officer and Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff. Naval career Educated at Loretto School, Morton was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941 during the S ...

(1923-2006) *

Nandipha Mntambo Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982) is a South African artist who has become famous for her sculptures, videos and photographs that focus on human female body and identity by using natural, organic materials. Life Nandipha Mntambo was born in Swazil ...

(1982-) * Santu Mofokeng (1956-2020) * Zwelethu Mthethwa (1960-), painter and photographer * Zanele Muholi (1972-) *

Brett Murray Brett Murray (born 1961) is a South African artist mostly known for his steel and mixed media wall sculptures. He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. Murray has a master's degree in fine art from the University of Cape Town, Michaelis School of ...

(1961-) *

Credo Mutwa In Christian liturgy, the credo (; Latin for "I believe") is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed – or its shorter version, the Apostles' Creed – in the Mass, either as a prayer, a spoken text, or sung as Gregorian chant or other musical ...

(1921-2020)

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* Hermann Niebuhr (1972-), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes * Zelda Nolte (1929-2003), sculptor and woodblock printmaker * Neo Ntsoma (1972-) * Thenjiwe Nkosi (1980-)

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Johan Oldert Johan Oldert (1912-1984) was a South African painter and sculptor known for oil paintings, especially landscapes, and sculpture: in particular bronze portraiture. Biography Johan Oldert was born in Rotterdam in 1912, the son of a baker. He st ...

(1912-1984), painter and sculptor *

Ken Oosterbroek Ken Oosterbroek (14 February 1962 – 18 April 1994) was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He worked for '' The Star'' in Johannesburg, which was South Africa's biggest daily broadsheet. He won numerous photograp ...

(1963-1994), photographer

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Karabo Poppy Karabo Poppy Moletsane (born 1992) is a South African illustrator, graphic designer, and street artist. Early life Poppy was born in Vereeniging. She studied at Open Window Institute in Pretoria and has a degree in Visual Communication. C ...

(1992) *

Georgia Papageorge Georgia Papageorge (born 1941) is a South African installation artist active in the field of earth art. Life A native of Simon's Town, Cape Province, Papageorge earned her bachelor's degree in fine arts from the University of South Africa in Pret ...

(1941-) *

Charles Ernest Peers Charles Ernest Peers (1875, Belfast, Ireland – 1944, Higgovale, Cape Town, South Africa) was a South African artist. Peers spent his youth in Liverpool, England, where he recorded the shipping activity on the Mersey. He wished to become a ...

(1875-1944) * George Pemba (1912-2001) * Peet Pienaar (1971-) * Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957) *

Barbara Pike Rosalie Barbara Pike born 29 March 1933 in Johannesburg is a South African botanical artist. Biography Barbara Pike is one of two daughters born to Barend Elzas, an industrial chemist, and his wife Klara 'Claire' Kindinger. She attended the ...

(1933-), botanical artist * Stanley Pinker (1924-2012) *

Deborah Poynton Deborah Poynton (born in 1970) is a South African painter best known for her monumental, hyper-realistic, hyper-detailed, nude portraits, usually of friends and family. She lives and works in Cape Town. Early life and education Born in Durb ...

(1970-) * Alexis Preller (1911-1975)

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Gavin Rain Gavin Rain (born 23 March 1971) is a contemporary South African artist, working primarily in acrylic, best known for his Neo-Pointillist style paintings. Life and work Gavin Rain was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied art formally at t ...

(1971-) *

Jo Ratcliffe Jo Ratcliffe is a London based artist known for her kaleidoscopic animations, strange hand-drawn characters, and spindly scenes sometimes overlain atop live action footage. She is frequently commissioned by fashion labels and magazines to crea ...

* Richard Rennie (1839-1905) * Robin Rhode (1976-) * Dolf Rieser (1898-1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher * Tracey Rose (1974-) * David Rosen (1959-2014) *

Athi-Patra Ruga Athi-Patra Ruga (born in 1984) is a South African artist who uses performance, photography, video, textiles, and printmaking to explore notions of utopia and dystopia, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality, cu ...

(1984-)

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Ruth Sacks Ruth Sacks (born 1977) is a South African artist who lives and works in Johannesburg. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the South African Research Chair Initiative (SARChI) for Social Change at Fort Hare University. Sacks holds a P ...

(1977-) *

Claudette Schreuders Claudette Schreuders (born February 6, 1973) is a South African sculptor and painter operating out of Cape Town, South Africa. She is known mainly for her carved and painted wooden figures, which have been exhibited independently and internatio ...

(1973-) * Peter Schutz (1930-2017) * Richard Scott (1968-) * Berni Searle (1964-) *

Gerard Sekoto Gerard Sekoto (9 December 1913 – 20 March 1993), was a South African artist and musician. He is recognised as a pioneer of urban culture, urban black art and social realism. His work was exhibited in Paris, Stockholm, Venice, Washington, D.C., ...

(1913-1993) * Mary Sibande (1982-) * Penny Siopis (1953-) * Lucas Sithole (1931-1994) * Cecil Skotnes (1926-2009) *

Sean Slemon Sean Slemon (born 1978 in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa) is a South African artist who works in sculpture, installation and printmaking. He lives and works in New York City, New York Slemon graduated from Michaelis School of Art in Ca ...

(1978-) * Kathryn Smith (1975-) * Frank Sydney Spears (1906-1991) * Irma Stern (1894-1966) * Paul Stopforth (1945-) *

Jack Stone Jack Stone was an American professional basketball player. He was selected with the 11th pick in the 1951 NBA Draft. Kansas State Stone played in the 1951 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The team would lose to the eventual champion ...

(1986-) *

Richardt Strydom Richardt Strydom (born 24 September 1971) is an artist, creative and educator based in Johannesburg. He was Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at the North-West University in Potchefstroom. Strydom has received a number of awards including an ...

(1971-) * Mikhael Subotzky (1981-) *

Lisa Swerling Lisa Swerling (born 1972) is a South African/British artist and a New York Times Bestselling author. She is best known for her Glass Cathedrals dioramas. She is also known as co-creator of the illustrated characters Happiness Is, Harold's Planet, ...

(1972-) *

Helen Sebidi Mmakgabo Mmapula Mmangankato Helen Sebidi (5 March 1943) is a South African artist born in Marapyane (Skilpadfontein) near Hamanskraal, Pretoria who lives and works in Johannesburg. Sebidi's work has been represented in private and public collec ...

(1943 - )

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* Guy Tillim (1962-), photographer * Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006) *

Lawrence Holme Twentyman Lawrwnce Holme Twentyman (8 May 1783 – 8 June 1852) was a prominent Silversmith in Cape Town, in what is now South Africa. Life Lawrence Holme Twentyman was born in Tithebarn St., Liverpool son of John Middleton Twentyman (a Cooper a ...

(1783-1852), silversmith

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* Jeannette Unite (1964-), Earth artist who paints and draws with minerals and mining detritus from the "Industrial Sublime"

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* Strijdom van der Merwe (1961-), land artist *

Maurice van Essche Maurice van Essche (4 October 1906, Antwerp, Belgium – 12 June 1977, Thonon, France) was a Belgian-born South African artist and art teacher who achieved national and international recognition in his lifetime. Life Maurice van Essche was bor ...

(1906-1977), Belgian-born South African painter, oil, gouache, acrylic and water-color; inspired by time in Belgian Congo (1939), inter alia * Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko (1977-) *

Jan Vermeiren Jan Vermeiren (born 1949 in Belgium) lives and works in South Africa as a painter (oil and mural painting) and printmaker (lithography and etching). He is an artist whose work bridges two rich and vastly different cultures. On the one hand, ...

(1949-), paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithographyAndré Philippus Brink, ''Jan Vermeiren: a Flemish artist in South Africa'' (Lannoo Uitgeverij), 2000 , *

Diane Victor Diane Victor, (born 1964, Witbank, South Africa) is a South African artist and print maker, known for her satirical and social commentary of contemporary South African politics. Biography Victor was born in Witbank, South Africa. She received ...

(1964-) *

Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (20 August 1853 Riversdale - 22 January 1936 Riversdale), was a South African painter, noted for his majestic landscapes of the Langeberg Range in the Western Cape Province. Born of Dutch parents on the farm ''Melk ...

(1853-1936), landscape painter

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* Jeremy Wafer (1953-) * Donovan Ward (1962-) *

Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst Johanna Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (10 July 1920 Pretoria – 30 June 1994 Cape Town) was a South African botanical artist. She received her early education in Pretoria. After matriculating from Pretoria Girls' High School she started work in 1939 ...

(1920-1994), botanical artist *

James Webb James, Jim or Jimmy Webb may refer to: Arts *Jim Webb (born 1946), American author, also politician (see below) *James Webb (historian) (1946–1980), Scottish historian *James Webb (painter) (1825–1895), British painter * James Webb (South Afr ...

(1975-) *

Jean Welz Jean Welz (4 March 1908 – 24 December 1975) was a South African artist. Biography Johann Max Friedrich Welz was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1900, into a family in the picture-framing and gilding trade. Called Hans in his youth, he studie ...

(1900-1975) * Sue Williamson (1941-)

References

Bibliography

* Sue Williamson and Ashraf Jamal, ''Art in South Africa: the future present'', Publisher David Philip (Cape Town), 1996. * Frank Herreman and Mark D'Amato, ''Liberated voices: contemporary art from South Africa'', The Museum for African Art, 1999. * Emma Bedford and Sophie Perryer, ''10 Years 100 Artists: Art In A Democratic South Africa'', Struik, 2004. * Sue Williamson, ''South African Art Now'', HarperCollins, 2009. * Sue Williamson, ''Resistance Art in South Africa'', Juta and Company Ltd, 2010. * Berman, Esmé (2010). Art and Artists of South Africa. Cape Town: G3 Publishers. pp. 376–379. . * Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author) AD. Donker (Publisher), 1982 {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of South African Artists

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