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List of South African artists

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This is a list of South African artists who are notable for their work in the field of visual arts.

Contents

A

  • Lionel Abrams (1931-1997)
  • Bill Ainslie (1934-1989)
  • Alan Alborough (1964-)
  • Nina Aleksander-Ristic (1931-)
  • Jane Alexander (1959-)
  • Gerard Engelbert Alers (1887-1971)
  • Siemon Allen (1971-)
  • Iris Ampenberger (1916-1981)
  • Stephen Ampenberger (1908-1983)
  • J. H. Amshewitz (1882-1942)
  • Nils Andersen (1897-1972)
  • Tyrone Appollis
  • Muhammed Aqeel Khan (1997-?)
  • Dieter Aschenborn (1915-2002)
  • Hans Aschenborn (1888-1931)
  • Uli Aschenborn (1947-)
  • Leigh Ashton (1975-)
  • Kevin Atkinson (1939-2007)
  • Axisesboy (1998-)
  • B

  • Klariese Boeyens (1993-)
  • Beezy Bailey (1962-)
  • Bridget Baker (1971-)
  • Kenneth Baker
  • Armando Baldinelli (1908-2003)
  • Walter Battiss (1906-1982)
  • Charles Davidson Bell (1813-1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer
  • Erica Berry (1916-)
  • Sharon Berry-Ellis (1966-)
  • Willie Bester
  • Vincent Bezuidenhout (1978-)
  • Noel Bisseker (1939-)
  • Wim Blom (1927-)
  • Harry Bolus (1834-1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist
  • D. C. Boonzaier (1865-1950)
  • Gregoire Boonzaier (1909-2005)
  • Dineo Seshee Bopape (1981-)
  • Ralph Borland (1974-)
  • Steven Bosch (1978-)
  • Cristina Boshoff (1980-), singer
  • Willem Boshoff (1951-)
  • Conrad Botes (1951-)
  • David Botha (1921-1995)
  • Mike Botha (1947-)
  • Wim Botha (1974-)
  • Claude Bouscharain (1922-)
  • George Boys (1930-)
  • Brian Bradshaw (1923-)
  • Kevin Brand (1953-)
  • Candice Breitz (1972-)
  • Lisa Brice (1968–)
  • Robert Broadley (1908-1988)
  • Rhona Brown (1920-), botanical artist
  • Jean Brundrit (1966-)
  • Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs
  • Carl Adolph Büchner (1921-2003)
  • Nils Burwitz (1940-)
  • Jan Buys (1909-)
  • C

  • Sarah Calburn (1964-)
  • Strat Caldecott (1886-1929)
  • Nina Campbell-Quine (1911-)
  • Arthur Cantrell (1917-)
  • Sydney Carter (1874-1945)
  • Norman Catherine (1949-)
  • Giuseppe Cattaneo (1929-)
  • Thelma Chait (1918-)
  • Geoffrey Charlesworth (1930-)
  • Richard Cheales (1922-)
  • Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010)
  • Frans Claerhout (1919-2006)
  • Joan Clare (1925-)
  • Julia Rosa Clark (1975-)
  • Peter Clarke (1929-)
  • Christo Coetzee (1929-2000)
  • Willem Hermanus Coetzer (1900-1983)
  • Steven Cohen (1962-)
  • Ernest Cole (1940-1990)
  • Ruann Coleman (1988-)
  • Trevor Coleman (1936-)
  • Gillian Condy (1952-), botanical artist
  • Tom Cullberg (1972-)
  • Edin Currie-Wood (1919-)
  • D

  • Brian Howard Dix (1941-2013), painter, pencil sketch artist, portraits, African ethnic art
  • Ethel May Dixie (1876-1973), botanical artist
  • Marlene Dumas (1953-)
  • E

  • Peter Eastman
  • Paul Edmunds (1970-)
  • Paul Emsley (1947-), portrait painter and lecturer
  • Garth Erasmus
  • Hasan and Husain Essop (1985-)
  • Gwenael Espenel (artist) (1966-) I.C.C. Essence of Durban Festival 2016
  • F

  • Dumile Feni (1939-1991), sculptor and printmaker
  • Zaiem Fortune (1997-)
  • Cyril Fradan (1928-?), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques
  • G

  • Kendell Geers (May 1968-)
  • Douglas Gimberg (1984-)
  • Allerley Glossop (1870-1955)
  • David Goldblatt (1930-)
  • Arthur Goldreich (1929-1982), best young South African painter 1955
  • Thembinkosi Goniwe (1971-)
  • Frances Goodman (1975-)
  • Liza Grobler (1974-)
  • H

  • Carl Otto Hager (1813-1898), architect, painter and photographer
  • Dan Halter (1977-)
  • Robert Hamblin (1969-), fine art photographer
  • Bruce Hancock (1912-1990), painter
  • Kay Hassan (1956-)
  • Ginny Heath (1944-)
  • Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839-1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist
  • Matthew Hindley (1974-)
  • Nicholas Hlobo (1975-), sculptor
  • Jackson Hlungwani (1923-2010)
  • Stephen Hobbs (1972-)
  • Robert Hodgins (1920-2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker
  • Rosa Hope (1902-1972), English-born South African painter
  • Jodi Hugo (1982-), painter and sculptor
  • Pieter Hugo (1976), photographer
  • J

  • Moira Jamieson
  • Gavin Jantjes (1948-), painter
  • Barbara Jeppe (1921-1999), botanical artist
  • Gabriel de Jongh
  • Tinus de Jongh (1885-1942), painter, father of Gabriel de Jongh
  • K

  • Sfiso Ka-Mkame (1963-)
  • Anton Kannemeyer (1967-)
  • William Kentridge (1955-)
  • Robert Kgabo (1993-), painter, fine art
  • Ammaar Khan (2002-)
  • Wolf Kibel (1903-1938)
  • Marike Kleynscheldt (1983-), painter, fine art
  • David Koloane (1938-)
  • Dorothee Kreutzfeldt (1970)
  • Ansel Krut (1959-), painter based in London, UK
  • David Kuijers (1962-), painter, designer and illustrator
  • L

  • Moshekwa Langa (1975-)
  • Maggie Laubser (1886-1973)
  • Ralph Lazar (1967-)
  • Lawrence Lemaoana (1982-)
  • Cythna Letty (1895-1985), botanical artist
  • Carla Liesching (1985-)
  • M

  • Noria Mabasa
  • Michael MacGarry (1978-)
  • Virginia MacKenny
  • Churchill Madikida (1973-)
  • Fikile Magadlela (1952-2003)
  • Esther Mahlangu (1935-)
  • Mustafa Maluka (1976-)
  • Thando Mama (1977-)
  • Billy Mandindi
  • Anja Marais (1974-)
  • Senzeni Marasela (1977-)
  • Johannes Maswanganyi (1949-)
  • Louis Maqhubela
  • Gerhard Marx
  • Judith Mason
  • Azaria Mbatha (1941-)
  • MckeezyK
  • Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923–1980), artist, author and historian
  • John Meyer (1942-), painter
  • Nandipha Mntambo (1982-)
  • Santu Mofokeng (1956-)
  • Anthea Moys (1980-)
  • Zwelethu Mthethwa (1960-), painter and photographer
  • John Muafangejo (1943?-1987)
  • Samson Mudzunga (1938-)
  • Zanele Muholi (1972-)
  • Nelson Mukhuba (1925-1987)
  • Brett Murray (1961-)
  • Credo Mutwa
  • N

  • Christian Nerf (1970-)
  • Sam Nhlengethwa (1955-)
  • Hermann Niebuhr (1972-), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
  • Elna Niehaus (1949-), Mrs vd Walt/Conradie, painter of landscapes, portraits, flowers; teacher, lecturer, Facilitator of Arts Gauteng Education Department until 2011
  • Andre van Niekerk
  • Zelda Nolte (1929-2003 ), sculptor and woodblock printmaker
  • Daniel Novela (1964-)
  • Neo Ntsoma
  • O

  • Johan Oldert (1912-1984), painter and sculptor
  • Walter Oltmann (1960-)
  • Ken Oosterbroek (1963- 1994), photographer
  • Abe Opperman (1961-)
  • P

  • Georgia Papageorge
  • Malcolm John Payne (1965-)
  • Charles Ernest Peers (1875-1944)
  • George Pemba
  • Peet Pienaar
  • Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef
  • Barbara Pike (1933-), botanical artist
  • Stanley Pinker
  • Alexis Preller
  • Andrew Putter (1965-)
  • R

  • Gavin Rain
  • Jo Ratcliffe
  • Richard Rennie
  • Martyn Rhett (1971-)
  • Robin Rhode (1976-)
  • Dolf Rieser (1898-1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher
  • Tracey Rose (1974-)
  • David Rosen (1959-)
  • Athi-Patra Ruga (1984-)
  • S

  • Ruth Sacks (1977-)
  • Joachim Schönfeldt (1958-)
  • Claudette Schreuders (1973-)
  • Peter Schutz
  • Richard Scott (1968-)
  • Berni Searle (1964-)
  • Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi (1943-)
  • Johannes Mashego Segogela (1936-)
  • Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993)
  • Mary Sibande (1982-)
  • Penny Siopis (1953-)
  • Lucas Sithole
  • Cecil Skotnes (1926-)
  • Sean Slemon
  • Kathryn Smith (1975-)
  • Doreen Southwood (1974-)
  • Frank Sydney Spears (1906-1991)
  • Irma Stern (1894-1966)
  • Paul Stopforth (1945-)
  • Jack Stone (1986-)
  • Richardt Strydom (1971-)
  • Edward Selematsela
  • Mikhael Subotzky (1981-)
  • Maas Sue (1949-), wildlife artist
  • Lisa Swerling (1972-)
  • T

  • Alfred Thoba (1951-)
  • Guy Tillim (1962-), photographer
  • Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913 - 2006)
  • Lawrence Holme Twentyman (1783-1852), silversmith
  • U

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

  • Hentie van der Merwe (1972-)
  • Strijdom van der Merwe (1961-), land artist
  • Maurice van Essche (1906-1977), Belgian-born South African painter, oil, gouache, acrylic and water-color; inspired by time in Belgian Congo (1939), inter alia
  • André van Vuuren (1945-), South African-born abstract and landscape painter, oil on canvas and paper
  • Clive van den Berg (1956-)
  • Minnette Vári (1968-)
  • Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko (1977-)
  • Jan Vermeiren (born 1949), paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithography
  • Diane Victor
  • Tobias Viljoen (1965 -), Resident Artist; Clarens (Eastern Freestate) landscape artist; oil on canvas
  • Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (1853-1936), landscape painter
  • Vuyile Cameron Voyiya (1961-)
  • W

  • Jeremy Wafer (1953-)
  • Mary Wafer (1975-)
  • Donovan Ward
  • Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920-1994), botanical artist
  • James Webb (1975-)
  • Bev Wilbraham (1960-)
  • Riaan Wilmans (1983-)
  • Sue Williamson (1941-)
  • Y

  • Ed Young (1978-)
  • Mark D Young (1962-), photographer
  • Gavin Younge (1947-)
  • Z

  • Mlu Zondi (1975-)
  • Titi Zungu (1946-)
  • References

    List of South African artists Wikipedia