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South African art is the visual art produced by the people inhabiting the territory occupied by the modern country of South Africa. The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in a South African cave. Archaeologists have discovered two sets of art kits thought to be 100,000 years old at a cave in South Africa.
This is a list of butterflies of South Africa. Over 660 species are known from South Africa, a large proportion of which are endemic. [1] Family Nymphalidae.
Hans Anton worked both in Germany and in southern Africa [1] [2] [3] where his work is featured in the older German Thieme-Becker or Saur art encyclopedia. [4] A Master of Arts thesis by Karin Skawran [5] concerning the graphic works of Hans Anton Aschenborn was published in the South African art and culture periodical, Lantern in 1965. [6])
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. ISBN 978-1-86812-345-2. Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen ...
Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mhlaba "Dumile" Feni (May 21, 1942 – 1991) was a South African contemporary visual artist known for Katlego Lhuzwayoboth his drawings and paintings that included sculptural elements as well as sculptures, which often depicted the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. [1]
Clare Pauline Abbott (née Hinshelwood, 5 July 1921 – 2008) was a South African wildlife artist and illustrator. [1] Although native to England, she settled in South Africa and produced detailed natural history paintings that were used in numerous publications. [2]
The Iziko South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town. It became part of the Iziko collection of museums – as managed by the Department of Arts and Culture – in 2001. It then became an agency of the Department of Arts and Culture.
Jacobus Hendrik (Henk) Pierneef (usually referred to as Pierneef) (13 August 1886 Pretoria – 4 October 1957 Pretoria), [1] was a South African landscape artist, generally considered to be one of the best of the old South African masters. His distinctive style is widely recognised and his work was greatly influenced by the South African landscape.