The following is a list of artists from South Africa.

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* Larry Abramson (born 1954), South African-born Israeli artist * Igshaan Adams (born 1982), textile artist * Valerie Adler, painter and designer * Bill Ainslie (1934–1989) *

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(born 1959) * Siemon Allen (born 1971) * Nils Andersen (1897–1972) * 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) * Kenneth Baker (1921–1996) * Beverly Barkat (born 1966), South-African born Israeli visual artist * Walter Battiss (1906–1982) * 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 Willie Bester (born February 29, 1956) is a South African painter, sculptor and collage artist. He is best known for his role in the protesting of the apartheid system through his artwork. He currently lives in Kuilsrivier, South Africa with his ...

(born 1956) * 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) * Gregoire Boonzaier (1909–2005) * Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981) * Steven Bosch (born 1978) * Cristina Boshoff (born 1980), singer * Willem Boshoff (born 1951) * Wim Botha (born 1974) * Candice Breitz (born 1972) * Lisa Brice (born 1968) * Lesley-Ann Brandt, South African-American painter and visual artist (born 1981) * Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist *

Winifred Brunton Winifred Mabel Brunton ''née Newberry'' (6 May 1880 – 29 January 1959) was a South African painter, illustrator and Egyptologist. Life Winifred Newberry was born in 1880 in the Orange Free State South Africa. Her father, Charles Newberry, ...

(1880–1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs

C

* Sarah Calburn (born 1964) * Norman Catherine (born 1949) * Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010) * Frans Claerhout, Belgian (1919–2006) * Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975) * Peter Clarke (1929–2014) * Christo Coetzee (1929–2000) * Ernest Cole (1940–1990) * 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 Marlene Dumas (born 3 August 1953) is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands. Early life and education Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa and grew up in Kuils River in the Western Cape, where her father ha ...

(born 1953)

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''

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'' * 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) * Michael Gitlin (born 1943), South African-born Israeli contemporary sculptor * Allerley Glossop (1870–1955) *

David Goldblatt David Goldblatt HonFRPS (29 November 1930 – 25 June 2018) was a South African documentary Photographer noted for his dedicated portrayal of the South African peoples within the political landscape of the apartheid era.Weinberg, Paul.David ...

(1930–2018) * Arthur Goldreich, South African-Israeli abstract painter (1929–1982) * Frances Goodman (born 1975)

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

J

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

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Nadav Kander Nadav Kander HonFRPS (; born 1961) is a London-based photographer, artist and director, known for his portraiture and landscapes. Kander has produced a number of books and had his work exhibited widely. He received an Honorary Fellowship from ...

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

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* Maggie Laubser (1886–1973) * 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)

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* Noria Mabasa (born 1938) * Fikile Magadlela (1952–2003) * Esther Mahlangu (born 1935) * 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) * Johannes Petrus Meintjes (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) * Santu Mofokeng (1956–2020) *

Zwelethu Mthethwa Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960) is a South African painter and photographer. He was convicted of murder in 2017, and is currently incarcerated at Pollsmoor Prison. Biography Mthethwa, a native of Durban, graduated from the Michaelis School of F ...

(born 1960), painter and photographer * Zanele Muholi (born 1972) * Brett Murray (born 1961) * Credo Mutwa (1921–2020)

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* Hermann Niebuhr (born 1972), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes * Zelda Nolte (1929–2003), 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) * 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 * Robin Rhode (born 1976) * Dolf Rieser (1898–1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher * Tracey Rose (born 1974) * David Rosen (1959–2014) * Harold Rubin (1932–2020), South African-born Israeli artist * Athi-Patra Ruga (born 1984)

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) * Gerard Sekoto (1913–1993) * Mary Sibande (born 1982) *

Penny Siopis Penny Siopis (born 5 February 1953) is a South African artist from Cape Town. She was born in Vryburg in the North West province from Greek parents who had moved after inheriting a bakery from Siopis maternal grandfather. Siopis studied Fine Ar ...

(born 1953) * Lucas Sithole (1931–1994) * Cecil Skotnes (1926–2009) * Sean Slemon (born 1978) * Jo Smail (born 1943), South Africa-born American * Abraham de Smidt (1829–1908) * Kathryn Smith (born 1975) * Frank Sydney Spears (1906–1991) * Irma Stern (1894–1966) * Paul Stopforth (born 1945) * Mikhael Subotzky (born 1981) * Lisa Swerling (born 1972), South African/British * Helen Sebidi (born 1943)

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Guy Tillim Guy Tillim (born 1962) is a South African photographer known for his work focusing on troubled regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. A member of the country's white minority, Tillim was born in Johannesburg in 1962. Poplak 2011. He graduated from the ...

(born 1962), photographer *

Vladimir Tretchikoff Vladimir Grigoryevich Tretchikoff (Владимир Григорьевич Третчиков, 26August 2006) was an artist whose painting ''Chinese Girl'', popularly known as ''The Green Lady'', is one of the best-selling art prints of the twen ...

(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) * Jan Vermeiren (born 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 (born 1964) * Karlien de Villiers (born 1975) * Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (1853–1936), landscape painter

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* Jeremy Wafer (born 1953) * 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 Isaac Witkin (10 May 1936 – 23 April 2006) was an internationally renowned modern sculptor born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Witkin entered Saint Martin's School of Art in London in 1957 and studied under Sir Anthony Caro and alongside arti ...

(1936–2006), modern sculptor

Z

* Cynthia Zukas (1931– 2024) , painter

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 South African

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