Stanley Pinker

Stanley Pinker
Born
Stanley Pinker

1924
Windhoek, South-West Africa
Died16 June 2012(2012-06-16) (aged 87)
Cape Town, South Africa
EducationContinental Art School, Cape Town (under Maurice van Essche)
Hammersmith School of Art, London (under Alistair Grant)
Known forPainting, Drawing,, Printmaking
Notable workNight (1964), oil, 152.5 x 91.5 cm
Death of a Shepherd, oil, 136 x 136 cm, South African National Gallery
AwardsMolteno Medal (2001)

Stanley Pinker (1924 – 16 June 2012) was a South African painter and printmaker.

Early life and education

Pinker was born in 1924 in Windhoek, South-West Africa (present-day Namibia). He served as a soldier with the Allied Forces during the Second World War and began painting in Europe after the war. Returning to southern Africa, he studied art in Cape Town and subsequently spent several years in Europe.

Career

In 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. He is considered one of South Africa's leading modernist painters, alongside contemporaries such as Alexis Preller and Cecil Skotnes. In 2001 he was awarded the Molteno Medal for lifetime achievement in painting.

In 2014, his painting 'Love' (c.1965-68) was sold for ZAR R3.4m on auction.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 Berman, Esmé (1983). Art and Artists of South Africa. Cape Town: A. A. Balkema. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0869611445. OL 25167933M.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "South African painter Stanley Pinker dies at 87". ART AFRICA Magazine. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "SA artist's canvas sells for R5.8m".
  6. ↑ "Pinker touched more than paint brush". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2024.