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1862 Driebergen, Netherlands - 1945 Pretoria, South Africa. Known for: Commemorative sculpture, figure, portrait bust.
Anton van Wouw (1862, Driebergen, Netherlands-1945). He studied at the Rotterdam Academy and came to South Africa in 1890. Anton van Wouw had no formal exhibitions of drawings or paintings, but is... Read full biography
Anton van Wouw (1862, Driebergen, Netherlands-1945). He studied at the Rotterdam Academy and came to South Africa in 1890. Anton van Wouw had no formal exhibitions of drawings or paintings, but is renowned as one of South Africa's foremost representational sculptors. Van Wouw received important... Read full biography
Anton van Wouw (1862, Driebergen, Netherlands-1945). He studied at the Rotterdam Academy and came to South Africa in 1890. Anton van Wouw had no formal exhibitions of drawings or paintings, but is renowned as one of South Africa's foremost representational sculptors. Van Wouw received important commissions throughout his career, such as for the Kruger Monument, Pretoria, the Women's Monument, Bloemfontein, the General Louis Botha Monument, Durban, and panels for the Voortrekker Monument,... Read full biography
Anton van Wouw (1862, Driebergen, Netherlands-1945). He studied at the Rotterdam Academy and came to South Africa in 1890. Anton van Wouw had no formal exhibitions of drawings or paintings, but is renowned as one of South Africa's foremost representational sculptors. Van Wouw received important commissions throughout his career, such as for the Kruger Monument, Pretoria, the Women's Monument, Bloemfontein, the General Louis Botha Monument, Durban, and panels for the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria. He concentrated mainly on Boer figures from the Anglo-Boer War, and on the figure of the traditional South African Bantu. Anton Van Wouw was awarded a honorary Doctorate from the University of Pretoria in 1936, and the SA Academy Medal for... Read full biography
Anton van Wouw (1862, Driebergen, Netherlands-1945). He studied at the Rotterdam Academy and came to South Africa in 1890. Anton van Wouw had no formal exhibitions of drawings or paintings, but is renowned as one of South Africa's foremost representational sculptors. Van Wouw received important commissions throughout his career, such as for the Kruger Monument, Pretoria, the Women's Monument, Bloemfontein, the General Louis Botha Monument, Durban, and panels for the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria. He concentrated mainly on Boer figures from the Anglo-Boer War, and on the figure of the traditional South African Bantu. Anton Van Wouw was awarded a honorary Doctorate from the University of Pretoria in 1936, and the SA Academy Medal for Sculpture in 1937 . Van Wouw's house, designed for him by Norman Eaton in 1938, was opened as a museum by the Univers... Read full biography