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1909 Cape Town, South Africa - 2005 Onrus, near Hermanus, South Africa. Known for: Still life, portrait, land-and townscape painting.
Gregoire Boonzaier was born on July 31, 1909 in Cape Town. He is one of six children of the well known cartoonist, DC Boonzaier (1865-1950). Born into an artistic family, Gregoire began drawing at... Read full biography
Gregoire Boonzaier was born on July 31, 1909 in Cape Town. He is one of six children of the well known cartoonist, DC Boonzaier (1865-1950). Born into an artistic family, Gregoire began drawing at age six and it was around this time that he met Pieter Wenning and Anton van Wouw, artist who were... Read full biography
Gregoire Boonzaier was born on July 31, 1909 in Cape Town. He is one of six children of the well known cartoonist, DC Boonzaier (1865-1950). Born into an artistic family, Gregoire began drawing at age six and it was around this time that he met Pieter Wenning and Anton van Wouw, artist who were regular guests of his parents. Seven years later he got a taste of painting when Moses Kottler, artist friend of his father, bought him his first paint set. At age fourteen the artist's first oil... Read full biography
Gregoire Boonzaier was born on July 31, 1909 in Cape Town. He is one of six children of the well known cartoonist, DC Boonzaier (1865-1950). Born into an artistic family, Gregoire began drawing at age six and it was around this time that he met Pieter Wenning and Anton van Wouw, artist who were regular guests of his parents. Seven years later he got a taste of painting when Moses Kottler, artist friend of his father, bought him his first paint set. At age fourteen the artist's first oil paintings were exhibited at the Ashbey art gallery and later at the Darter gallery, Cape Town. By the time he finished school in 1927 he had already sold 30 oil paintings. A year later he embarked on his first solo exhibition at the Ashbey gallery where 13... Read full biography
Gregoire Boonzaier was born on July 31, 1909 in Cape Town. He is one of six children of the well known cartoonist, DC Boonzaier (1865-1950). Born into an artistic family, Gregoire began drawing at age six and it was around this time that he met Pieter Wenning and Anton van Wouw, artist who were regular guests of his parents. Seven years later he got a taste of painting when Moses Kottler, artist friend of his father, bought him his first paint set. At age fourteen the artist's first oil paintings were exhibited at the Ashbey art gallery and later at the Darter gallery, Cape Town. By the time he finished school in 1927 he had already sold 30 oil paintings. A year later he embarked on his first solo exhibition at the Ashbey gallery where 13 of the 27 exhibited works were sold. After this he has a number of solo exhibitio... Read full biography
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Gregoire Boonzaier was born on July 31, 1909 in Cape Town. He is one of six children of the well known cartoonist, DC Boonzaier (1865-1950). Born into an artistic family, Gregoire began drawing at age six and it was around this time that he met Pieter Wenning and Anton van Wouw, artist who were regular guests of his parents. Seven years later he got a taste of painting when Moses Kottler, artist friend of his father, bought him his first paint set.
At age fourteen the artist's first oil paintings were exhibited at the Ashbey art gallery and later at the Darter gallery, Cape Town.
By the time he finished school in 1927 he had already sold 30 oil paintings. A year later he embark...But wait, there's more...
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