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Born 1932 Bloemfontein, South Africa. Known for: Landscape, portrait, figure, still life and abstract painting.
Eben van der Merwe was born in Bloemfontein in 1932. A self-taught painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, still life and abstract pictures. His early work showed influence of Gregoire. Boonzaier.... Read full biography
Eben van der Merwe was born in Bloemfontein in 1932. A self-taught painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, still life and abstract pictures. His early work showed influence of Gregoire. Boonzaier. He later moved toward non-figurative composition, rendered his scene in dark, rich colors, broken... Read full biography
Eben van der Merwe was born in Bloemfontein in 1932. A self-taught painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, still life and abstract pictures. His early work showed influence of Gregoire. Boonzaier. He later moved toward non-figurative composition, rendered his scene in dark, rich colors, broken into segments in the manner of stained-glass. In 1958 a founder member of the Bloemfontein Group. He moved to Johannesburg in 1961, where he worked as a typographer, a visualiser and a designer in... Read full biography
Eben van der Merwe was born in Bloemfontein in 1932. A self-taught painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, still life and abstract pictures. His early work showed influence of Gregoire. Boonzaier. He later moved toward non-figurative composition, rendered his scene in dark, rich colors, broken into segments in the manner of stained-glass. In 1958 a founder member of the Bloemfontein Group. He moved to Johannesburg in 1961, where he worked as a typographer, a visualiser and a designer in advertising agencies, and as art director for the magazine section of Argus Group until 1970. Since 1976 a full-time artist, concentrating on painting and the design and construction of Dalle-de-Verre windows. In 1966 he traveled to the UK and Europe to... Read full biography
Eben van der Merwe was born in Bloemfontein in 1932. A self-taught painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, still life and abstract pictures. His early work showed influence of Gregoire. Boonzaier. He later moved toward non-figurative composition, rendered his scene in dark, rich colors, broken into segments in the manner of stained-glass. In 1958 a founder member of the Bloemfontein Group. He moved to Johannesburg in 1961, where he worked as a typographer, a visualiser and a designer in advertising agencies, and as art director for the magazine section of Argus Group until 1970. Since 1976 a full-time artist, concentrating on painting and the design and construction of Dalle-de-Verre windows. In 1966 he traveled to the UK and Europe to study the design and construction of slab-glass windows. In 1976 he made a study tour of the UK an... Read full biography
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Eben van der Merwe was born in Bloemfontein in 1932. A self-taught painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, still life and abstract pictures. His early work showed influence of Gregoire
Boonzaier. He later moved toward non-figurative composition, rendered his scene in dark, rich colors, broken into segments in the manner of stained-glass. In 1958 a founder member of the Bloemfontein Group.
He moved to Johannesburg in 1961, where he worked as a typographer, a visualiser and a designer in advertising agencies, and as art director for the magazine section of Argus Group until 1970. Since 1976 a full-time artist, concentrating on painting and the design and construction of Dalle-de-Verre windows.But wait, there's more...
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