Laubscher, Erik (Frederik Bester Howard) (1927 – ) was
born in 1927 in Tulbach, Cape Province. His early training began
with Belgian teacher Maurice van Essche, he later studied in
London and Pairs under John Minton among others. He was highly
influenced by the style and culture from his training abroad
and brought back the methods learnt to Cape Town where he has
always lived. His style can be compared to that of the formalists
with strong influences of Post-Cubism. Erik Laubscher is greatly
celebrated for his contribution to art education and specifically
for his role as founder and director if the Ruth Prowse Art
Centre. This is the institution where he applied himself for
more than a quarter century. A career which spans over sixty
years; Erik Laubscher is an artist who has inspired many and
left an indelible mark on those he has taught, his fellow artists
and members of the public who have been inspired. See more by
clicking onto our Facebook Artist's Birthday Profile Below)
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ART SMART: A sound overall body of work was what secured a victory for Durban University of Technology Fine Art student Nicolé Maurel in the 2012 Emma Smith Scholarship Award. Maurel’s OrangeBlangeBlou. Wie is ons dan nou earned her R40,000 at the 2012 Emma Smith Scholarship Award ceremony at the DUT City Campus. “Her overall body of work was very sound. Everyone who was there decided Nicolé has a lot going for her and we decided to support that. We want to see where her future work will lead her,” said Megan McFall, one of the judges. [more...]
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I LOVE WOODSTOCK: By Stefan Blank. ILW met up with Berlin-based photographer Katrina James (originally from Australia) and who has been living in Woodstock for the last few months. It’s always interesting to see how others perceive the place we live in, and Katrina’s pictures of Woodstock have a gentle humility about them. We asked her a few questions about her experience of living in Woodstock. [more...]
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Roberta Smith. PHILADELPHIA — Vincent van Gogh was shaken but also calmed by nature. The natural landscape inspired some of his most implacably innovative paintings, roiled of surface, ablaze with color and steeped in feeling. They are blunt, irresistible instruments for seeing. Yet nature — and its tiniest details in particular — also sharpened his visual acuity and soothed and comforted his often unstable personality. [more...]
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M&G: By Sean O'Toole. The extras, all eight or nine of them, are seated, backs stiff, waiting in silence for their cue to come, well, alive. One of them, a debutante with soap-opera dreams, wears a yellow halter top and has a handbag shaped like a high-heel shoe. A voice, not quite godly, interjects from an invisible speaker in the fluorescent heavens of the cavernous SABC television studio where artist Candice Breitz has invited me to see the making of her latest work, Extra!"We're going to change points," the voice says. Queen Moroka (Sophie Ndaba) and Khethiwe Buthelezi (Winnie Modise), two key protagonists in Generations, the SABC's longest-running locally produced daily soap opera, greet the news with indifference. [more...]
HUFFINGTON POST: By John Seed. Every Friday morning I teach a community college painting class of about 25 students. The classroom is quite full, and the beginning students paint on folding easels set on heavy formica topped tables, while a handful of advanced painters paint standing up, vying for space near the storage racks in the back of the classroom. [more...]
ARTINFO: By Doug Harvey. Artist Mike Kelley passed away on Tuesday. The following article, about Kelley's groundbreaking work with the group Destroy All Monsters, is the cover story in the upcoming March issue of Modern Painters. [more...]
ARTDAILY: Associated Press. ROME (AP).- In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th century Bohemian crystal glassware, thousands of art objects including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master. [more...]
Stephan
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a white moustache
Maggie (Maria Magdalena) Laubser. PROVENANCE:
Acquired from the artist by Mr B Trakman
Private Collection. R 250 000 - 300 000.
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