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South Africa is home to some of the most ancient and beautiful art in the world - the rock paintings of the San. It is also home to vibrant and challenging artists, from the colonial to the contemporary, producing diverse and exciting work. Our gallery exhibits works from a range of the country's artists.

The art of South Africa

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San rock art on display at the Constitutional Court Telephone Lady (2000) by William Kentridge (1955 -) Victoria Falls No 9 (1865) by Thomas Baines (1820 - 1875) Self-portrait by Walter Battiss (1906 - 1982)
Self-portrait (1947) by Gerard Sekoto (1913 - 1993) No to War (2004) by Willie Bester (1956 -) Butcher Boys (1985) by Jane Alexander (1959 -) Wooden sculptures by Norman Catherine (1949-)
Washer Woman, Bokaap (1933) by Gregoire Boonzaier (1909-2005) Penny Whistler (1969) by Dumile Feni (1942-1991) A Cape Dutch Manor House Amidst Trees (1936) by Tinus de Jongh (1885-1942) Water carrier, one of the concrete sculptures by Helen Martins at the Owl House in Nieu Bethesda
Downtown, Johannesburg (2004) by Pat Mautloa (1952 -) Harvesting the Crop by Maggie Laubser (1886-1973) Springtime in Namaqualand (1930) by Pieter Hugo Naudé (1868 - 1941) The Shebeen (2003) by Sam Nhlengethwa (1955 -)
Die Owerspelige Vrou by Frans Oerder (1867 - 1944) Three Musicians (1970) by George Pemba (1912 - 2001) Trees (1931) by Jacob Hendrik Pierneef (1886 - 1957) A Smiling Man by Gerard Bhengu (1910-1990)
Ritual (1977) by Lucky Sibiya (1942 - 1999) Spell (2005) by Penny Siopsis (1953 -) Images of South African History No 3 (1998) by Sipho Ndlovu (1968 -) The Couple by Cecil Skotnes (1926 -)
Ballet Dancers (1943) by Irma Stern (1894 - 1966) In Cogmans Kloof (De Kalkoen Nest) Between Ashton and Montagu (1913) by Jan Volschenk (1853 - 1936) Gossips by Marjorie Wallace (1925-2005) A Few South Africans: Virginia Mngoma (1984) by Sue Williamson (1941 -)
Self-portrait by Alexander Rose-Innes (1915 - 1996) 98 Figures, 98 Years (2004) by Carl Becker (1956 -) Taxi by Tommy Motswai (1963 -) Brenda Fassie (2006) by Angus Taylor (1970 -)
Chinese Girl by Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913 -) Children on the March with a Donkey by Adriaan Boshoff (1935 -) Papa and Martha (1992) by Kami Brodie Landscape with Cumulus Clouds (1965) by Willem Coetzer (1900-1983)
I Am the Key by Avishoni Mainganye (1950 -) The Blue Dress: 2 (1995) by Judith Mason (1938 -) J accuse (1995/6) by Robert Hodgins (1920-) Huddle by Joseph Ndlovu
Wall Abstract (2002) by Esther Mahlangu (1935-) Profile Figure (1963) by Alexis Preller (1911 - 1975). An Extensive Landscape ... (1990) by Marion Arnold (1947- ) Mowbray, Cape Town by Thomas William Bowler (1812-1869)
   
Photo copyright: We do not hold copyright on these photos. Permission for re-use should be sought from the copyright holder indicated below each photograph. Gallery compiled by Mary Alexander

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