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Stanley Pinker (1924 – 16 June 2012) was a South African painter and printmaker.[1][2][3]
Stanley Pinker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stanley Pinker 1924 |
| Died | 16 June 2012 (aged 87) |
| Education | Continental Art School, Cape Town (under Maurice van Essche) Hammersmith School of Art, London (under Alistair Grant) |
| Known for | Painting, Drawing,, Printmaking |
| Notable work | Night (1964), oil, 152.5 x 91.5 cm Death of a shepherd, oil, 136 x 136 cm, South African National Gallery |
| Awards | Molteno Medal (2001) |
Early life and education
editPinker was born in 1924 in Windhoek, South-West Africa (present-day Namibia).[1][4] He served as a soldier with the Allied Forces during the Second World War and began painting in Europe after the war.[4] Returning to southern Africa, he studied art in Cape Town and subsequently spent several years in Europe.[4]
Career
editIn 1969, Pinker returned to South Africa to take up a lecturing post at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, where he taught until 1986.[4] He was considered one of South Africa's leading modernist painters, alongside contemporaries such as Alexis Preller and Cecil Skotnes.[4] In 2001 he was awarded the Molteno Medal for lifetime achievement in painting.[4]
In 2014, his canvas was sold for Rand 5.8m.[5]
Awards and recognition
edit- 2001: Molteno Medal[6]
References
edit- 1 2 Berman, Esmé (1983). Art and Artists of South Africa. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0869611445. OL 25167933M.
- ↑ "Seldsame Pinker kom onder hamer". Netwerk24.
- ↑ "Pinker painting fetches cool R3.4m".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "South African painter Stanley Pinker dies at 87". ART AFRICA Magazine. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
- ↑ "SA artist's canvas sells for R5.8m".
- ↑ "Pinker touched more than paint brush". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.