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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates The following is a list of artists from South Africa. Script error: No such module "Hatnote".
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
- Abraham de Smidt (1829–1908)[11]
- 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[12][13]
- 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
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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. Template:ISBN.
- Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author) AD. Donker (Publisher), 1982