List of South African artists

The following is a list of artists from South Africa.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Larry Abramson (born 1954), South African-born Israeli artist
• Igshaan Adams (born 1982), textile artist
• Valerie Adler, painter and designer
• Bill Ainslie (1934–1989)^[1]
• Jane Alexander (born 1959)^[2]
• Siemon Allen (born 1971)^[2]
• Nils Andersen (1897–1972)^[1]
• Tyrone Appollis (born 1957)
• Dieter Aschenborn (1915–2002), Namibian-born
• Hans Aschenborn (1888–1931), German-born
• Uli Aschenborn (born 1947)
• Leigh Ashton (born 1956)

B

• Beezy Bailey (born 1962)^[2]
• Kenneth Baker (1921–1996)
• Beverly Barkat (born 1966), South-African born Israeli visual artist
• Walter Battiss (1906–1982)^[1]
• Janko de Beer (born 1980)
• Charles Davidson Bell (1813–1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer
• Deborah Bell (born 1957), sculptor, painter and mixed media artist
• Willie Bester (born 1956)^[2]
• Doris Bloom (born 1954), painter; incorporates performance art into her work
• Harry Bolus (1834–1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist
• D. C. Boonzaier (1865–1950)^[1]
• Gregoire Boonzaier (1909–2005)^[1]
• Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981)^[2]
• Steven Bosch (born 1978)
• Cristina Boshoff (born 1980), singer
• Willem Boshoff (born 1951)^[2]
• Wim Botha (born 1974)^[2]
• Candice Breitz (born 1972)^[2]
• Lisa Brice (born 1968)^[2]
• Lesley-Ann Brandt, South African-American painter and visual artist (born 1981)
• Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist
• Winifred Brunton (1880–1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs

C

• Sarah Calburn (born 1964)
• Norman Catherine (born 1949)^[1][2]
• Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010)^[1]
• Frans Claerhout, Belgian (1919–2006)^[1]
• Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975)
• Peter Clarke (1929–2014)^[1]
• Christo Coetzee (1929–2000)^[3]
• Ernest Cole (1940–1990)^[2]
• Gillian Condy (born 1952), botanical artist
• Ben Jay Crossman (born 1979)
• Tom Cullberg (born 1972)

D

• Nerine Desmond (1908–1993)
• Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990), photographer
• Adriaan Diedericks (born 1990), sculptor
• Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist
• Marlene Dumas (born 1953)^[2]

E

• Peter Eastman (born 1976)
• Fanie Eloff (1885–1947), sculptor
• Paul Emsley (born 1947), British portrait painter and lecturer
• Garth Erasmus (born 1956)

F

• Dumile Feni (1939–1991), sculptor and printmaker^[2][4]
• Cyril Fradan (1928–1997), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques
• Abrie Fourie (born 1969), artist specialising in photography and digital media

G

• Kendell Geers (born 1968)^[2]
• Michael Gitlin (born 1943), South African-born Israeli contemporary sculptor
• Allerley Glossop (1870–1955)
• David Goldblatt (1930–2018)^[2]
• Arthur Goldreich, South African-Israeli abstract painter (1929–1982)
• Frances Goodman (born 1975)^[2]

H

• Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839–1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist
• Matthew Hindley (born 1974)
• Nicholas Hlobo (born 1975), sculptor^[2]
• Robert Hodgins (1920–2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker^[2]
• Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter
• Pieter Hugo (born 1976), photographer^[2]

J

• Gavin Jantjes (born 1948), painter^[2]
• Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
• Gabriel de Jongh (1913–2004), Dutch-born South African painter
• Tinus de Jongh (1885–1942), painter

K

• Nadav Kander (born 1961), photographer
• Anton Kannemeyer (born 1967)^[2]
• Hanns Katz (1892–1940), expressionist painter and graphic artist
• William Kentridge (born 1955)^[2]
• Wolf Kibel (1903–1938)^[5]
• David Koloane (1938–2019)^[2]
• Moses Kottler (1896–1977), painter and sculptor
• Ansel Krut (born 1959), painter based in London, UK
• David Kuijers (born 1962), painter, designer and illustrator

L

• Maggie Laubser (1886–1973)^[6]
• Ralph Lazar (born 1967)
• Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist
• Carla Liesching (born 1985)
• Lippy Lipshitz (1903–1980), sculptor, painter, and printmaker
• Kai Lossgott (born 1980)

M

• Noria Mabasa (born 1938)
• Fikile Magadlela (1952–2003)
• Esther Mahlangu (born 1935)^[2]
• Billy Mandindi (1967–2005)
• Anja Marais (born 1974)
• Amitabh Mitra (born 1955), Indian-born South Aftican painter, physician
• Louis Maqhubela (born 1939)
• Gerhard Marx (born 1976)
• Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, sculptor and installation artist
• Kagiso Patrick Mautloa (born 1952)^[7]
• Johannes Petrus Meintjes^[8] (1923–1980), artist, author and historian
• John Meyer (born 1942), painter
• Ina Millman, artist and art teacher
• Anthony Morton (1923–2006)
• Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982)^[2]
• Santu Mofokeng (1956–2020)^[2]
• Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960), painter and photographer^[2]
• Zanele Muholi (born 1972)^[2]
• Brett Murray (born 1961)^[2]
• Credo Mutwa (1921–2020)

N

• Hermann Niebuhr (born 1972), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
• Zelda Nolte (1929–2003^[9]), South African-British sculptor and woodblock printmaker
• Neo Ntsoma (born 1972)
• Thenjiwe Nkosi (born 1980), South African-American

O

• Johan Oldert (1912–1984), painter and sculptor
• Ken Oosterbroek (1963–1994), photographer

P

• Karabo Poppy (born 1992)
• Georgia Papageorge (born 1941)
• Charles Ernest Peers (1875–1944)
• George Pemba (1912–2001)
• Peet Pienaar (born 1971)
• Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886–1957)^[10]
• Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical artist
• Stanley Pinker (1924–2012)
• Deborah Poynton (born 1970)
• Alexis Preller (1911–1975)

R

• Gavin Rain (born 1971)
• Jo Ratcliffe^[2]
• Robin Rhode (born 1976)^[2]
• Dolf Rieser (1898–1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher
• Tracey Rose (born 1974)^[2]
• David Rosen (1959–2014)
• Harold Rubin (1932–2020), South African-born Israeli artist
• Athi-Patra Ruga (born 1984)^[2]

S

• Lesley Sachs (born 1958), South African- born Israeli figurative artist
• Ruth Sacks (born 1977)
• Claudette Schreuders (born 1973)
• Richard Scott (born 1968)
• Berni Searle (born 1964)^[2]
• Gerard Sekoto (1913–1993)^[2]
• Mary Sibande (born 1982)
• Penny Siopis (born 1953)^[2]
• Lucas Sithole (1931–1994)
• Cecil Skotnes (1926–2009)^[2]
• Sean Slemon (born 1978)
• Jo Smail (born 1943), South Africa-born American
• Kathryn Smith (born 1975)^[2]
• Frank Sydney Spears (1906–1991)
• Irma Stern (1894–1966)
• Paul Stopforth (born 1945)^[2]
• Mikhael Subotzky (born 1981)^[2]
• Lisa Swerling (born 1972), South African/British
• Helen Sebidi (born 1943)

T

• Guy Tillim (born 1962), photographer^[2]
• Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913–2006)
• Lawrence Holme Twentyman (1783–1852), silversmith

U

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

V

• Strijdom van der Merwe (born 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
• Anton van Wouw (1862–1945), Dutch-born South African sculptor
• Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko (born 1977)^[2]
• Jan Vermeiren (born 1949), paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithography^[11][12]
• Diane Victor (born 1964)
• Karlien de Villiers (born 1975)
• Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (1853–1936), landscape painter

W

• Jeremy Wafer (born 1953)^[2]
• Donovan Ward (born 1962)
• Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920–1994), botanical artist
• James Webb (born 1975)
• Jean Welz (1900–1975)
• Sue Williamson (born 1941)
• Isaac Witkin (1936–2006), modern sculptor

Z

• Cynthia Zukas (1931– 2024) , painter

References

1. Berman, Esmé (2010). Art and Artists of South Africa. Cape Town: G3 Publishers. pp. 376–379. ISBN 978-1-86812-345-2.
2. Williamson, Sue (2009). South African Art Now. New York: Collins Design. ISBN 978-0-06-134351-3.
3. Ballot, Muller (1999). Christo Coetzee. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. ISBN 0-7981-3914-5.
4. Grove Art Online
5. Kibel, Freda (1968). Wolf Kibel. Cape Town: Human & Rousseau. OL 5731156M.
6. Marais, Dalene (1994). Maggie Laubser: Her Paintings, Drawings and Graphics. Cape Town: Perskor Publishers. ISBN 0-628-03461-X.
7. sahoboss (17 February 2011). "Kagiso Patrick Mautloa". South African History Online. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
8. http://www.artorcraft.co.za/searchartist.php?searchname=33^{[permanent dead link‍]}
9. Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author) AD. Donker (publisher), 1982
10. Nilant, F.E.G. (1974). Die Hout- en Linosneë van J. H. Pierneef. Cape Town: A A Balkema. ISBN 0-86961-061-9.
11. The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors compiled by Grania Ogilvie, Everard Read (publisher), 1988
12. André Philippus Brink, Jan Vermeiren: a Flemish artist in South Africa (Lannoo Uitgeverij), 2000 ISBN 90-209-4140-2, ISBN 978-90-209-4140-1

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. ISBN 978-1-86812-345-2.
• Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author) AD. Donker (Publisher), 1982