The New Group was a group of young South African artists who, starting in 1937, began to question and oppose the conservatism of the
South African Society of Artists.
Its founding chairperson was
Gregoire Boonzaier
Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier (31 July 1909 – 22 April 2005) was a South African artist well known for his landscapes, portraits and still life paintings. He was a famous exponent of Cape Impressionism, a founder of the New Group, and a cont ...
; other founding members were
Lippy Lipshitz
Israel-Isaac Lipshitz, known as Lippy Lipshitz (8 May 1903 – 17 May 1980) was a South African sculptor, painter and printmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important South African sculptors, along with Moses Kottler and Anton van ...
, Frieda Lock,
Cecil Higgs and Terence McCaw.
New Group were contemporary South African artists who worked and exhibited together, included Judith Gluckman and Alexis Preller as well as Lippy Lipschitz, Gregoire Boonzaier (co-founder and president for 10 years), Louis Maurice, Solly Disner and Walter Battiss.
References
South African artists
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