The Johannesburg Art Scene from the 60's to the 90's
Gallery 101 Rand Central Johannesburg
Exhibitions from 1961 to 1967
Gallery 101 Rand Central Johannesburg from 1961 to 1967
For research purposes, we have highlighted the name of black artists, to show that they were already included by leading galleries as from the early 60's.
| 1961 |
"Coromandel" 1961 by Ernst DE JONG |
| 05/04 | Opening of Gallery 101 by the Hon. Justice JF (Kowie) Marais - paintings by Jan BUYS |
| 26/04 | Louis STEYN - batiks |
| 16/05 | 5 artists: Lionel ABRAMS, Zoltan BORBEREKI, Sydney GOLDBLATT, Dirk MEERKOTTER, Ronald MYLCHREEST - opened by H.R. Benecke |
| June | Barbara GREIG - ceramics |
| 12/06 | Daniel MIEDZINSKI |
| 26/06 | Group Exhibition: 8 artists: Jan BUYS, Herbert COETZEE, Barbara GREIG, Frank HARLING, Otto KLAR, Herman WALD + John HLATYWAYO + Ruy BASTOS (drawings) - opened by Lorenz Schultz |
| 11/07 | Johannes MEINTJES - opened by Jennifer Gray |
| 24/07 | Rose-Marie LACONTE |
| August | Tibetan Tankas - 21 prints (Small Gallery) |
| 21/08 | Phoebe HEUNIS |
| August | Armando BALDINELLI |
| 05/09 | Ernst DE JONG + Robert HODGINS - opened by Monty Sack |
| September | Erik LAUBSCHER |
| 02/10 | Ruy Calçada BASTOS - opened by C.H. Arkwright |
| 30/10 | Zoltan BORBEREKI + Elizabeth SEBÖK |
| 15/11 | Zakkie ELOFF - opened by W. van Heerden |
| Nov/December | Marcel PIRE - informal presentation of his paintings in room 105: Congo + South Africa |
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| 1962 |
The "Martyr" triptych 1962 by Julius SHER |
| 14/01 | The TINTORETTO cartoon "The Miracle of San Marco" from the Galvagni collection was shown, now in Italy |
| 05/02 | Pearl COHEN + Sylvia FREEDMAN |
| 26/02 | "Art and Religion" - The Gallery 101-U.A.T. 1962 Scholarship |
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| 09/04 | Irma STERN: Retrospective of Graphic Art - 101 works |
| 25/04 | Maggie LAUBSER - opened by Dr P.J. Meyer |
| 09/05 | Nel ERASMUS - tempera and drawings |
| May | Alex WAGNER - opened by Prof. I. Gordon |
| 29/05 | Zoltan BORBEREKI |
| 18/06 | First National Graphic Week (Brian Bradshaw, Cecil Higgs, May Hillhouse, Alfred Krenz, Irma Stern, Lionel Abrams, Blumé Amoils, Ruy Bastos, Nina Campbell-Quine, Ernst de Jong, Zachie Eloff, Arthur Goldreich, Eben Leibbrandt, Johannes Meintjes, Harold Rubin, Rhona Stern, Gordon Vorster, Jack Heath, Sidney Goldblatt) - opened by Esmé Berman |
| 18/06 | Ruy Calçada BASTOS |
| June | Gerda VON MALTITZ |
| 10/07 | Johannes MEINTJES - opened by Baroness E. von Reibnitz |
| 23/07 | Harold RUBIN |
| 31/07 | Ernst DE JONG - opened by Arthur Goldreich |
| 05/08 | Eben LEIBBRANDT |
| 22/08 | Marjorie WALLACE |
| 04/09 | Eric BYRD |
| 07/09 | Giorgio PAGI |
| 17/09 | Zakkie ELOFF + Renée VAN ZYL - (paintings and graphic art) - opened by Mrs R.E. Albrechts |
| 01/10 | George JAHOLKOWSKI |
| Oct. | Group Show - Pretoria artists |
| 15/10 | Brian BRADSHAW |
| 29/10 | Geoffrey T CHARLESWORTH - opened by Dr S.B. Sachs |
| Nov. | Jack HEATH |
| 12/11 | Nerine DESMOND - Retrospective 1947-1962 |
| 26/11 | May HILLHOUSE |
| 06/12 | Louis STEYN |
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| 1963 |
Prof. Brian Bradshaw exhibiting his paintings in 1963 |
| 04/02 | Johannesburg Society of Artists - opened by Diane Todd |
| 18/03 | Victor IVANOFF |
| March | "Arbeid-Work" - The Gallery 101-U.A.T. 1963 Competition |
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| 01/04 | Heidi HERZOG - opened by Peter Eliastam |
| 29/04 | Daniel SWART |
| May | Julius SHER |
| 06/05 | Otto KLAR - abstracts |
| 03/06 | Hennie POTGIETER - sculptures - opened by Gideon Roos |
| 15/07 | Frans OERDER Estate - Part I. |
| 05/08 | Johannes MEINTJES (Retrospective of Paintings 1943-1963) - opened by Hermien Domisse |
| 28/08 | Konnie ZANDER - Namibia |
| 16/09 | Nell KAYE |
| 15/10 | Cecil HIGGS |
| 29/10 | Brian BRADSHAW |
| 04/11 | First South African Exhibition by 28 contemporary graphic artists from PORTUGAL - opened by Antonio Braz |
| 11/11 | "Man / 4 Images" (Julius Sher, Ronald Brent, Stan Elliott, John Rowe - paintings and sculpture) - opened by Julian Beinart |
| 28/11 | Marie-Hélène ALBRECHT (ceramics) + Thea SOMMERLATTE (tapestries) |
| 09/12 | Louis STEYN |
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| 1964 |
Heidi Herzog in 1964 |
| 09/01 | Judith MASON |
| 24/02 | Marshall BARON - Zimbabwe |
| 09/03 | Eduard LADAN |
| 23/3 | Frans OERDER Estate - Part II. |
| 20/04 | Thelma WISE |
| 04/05 | MOÇAMBIQUE "Some of its artistic aspects": A. Heleno, A. Gouveia, Dugos, Garizo, Joâo Paulo, Jorge Mealha, Valente MALANGATANA, Zé Júlio, A. Cabral, Maria Alice |
| 11/05 | Louis STEYN |
| 14/05 | Shulamith WITTENBERG-MILLER |
| 24/06 | 7 artists from KATANGA - (30 works by past students of the Romain Desfosses School, including PIRI-PIRI) |
| 06/07 | Johannes MEINTJES |
| 27/07 | Evie LEWIN Estate |
| 03/08 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 10/08 | DAG (Desmond GREIG) - ceramic sculpture + Harald PAGER - photographs |
| 27/08 | Otto KLAR - abstracts |
| 31/08 | Heidi HERZOG - opened by Prof. J.E. Kerrich |
| 15/09 | Gordon VORSTER |
| 05/10 | Marc GLASER |
| 12/10 | Brian BRADSHAW |
| 17/10 | Diederick DÜRING |
| 26/10 | Ernst DE JONG - opened by Monty Sack |
| 22/11 | GRAHAMSTOWN GROUP - 13 artists |
| 30/11 | Louis STEYN |
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| 1965 |
"The She Wolf" 1965 by Judith Mason in the Pretoria Art Museum |
| January | Cape Artists - Group Show incl. sculptures by George Jaholkowski, Lippy Lipshitz |
| 15/02 | Gordon VORSTER |
| 08/03 | Fred SCHIMMEL |
| 22/03 | Christo COETZEE + Cecily SASH |
| 20/04 | Arlene SEGAL |
| 03/05 | Thelma CHAIT |
| 17/05 | Karin JAROSZYNSKA |
| 01/06 | Judith MASON |
| 14/06 | Johan VAN HEERDEN |
| 28/06 | Anna VORSTER |
| 08/07 | John HERITAGE - United Kingdom |
| July | Ismail SOLKER |
| July | Karl DE HAAN - photographs |
| 18/08 | Herbert COETZEE |
| 04/09 | Walter BATTISS - "Limpopo" - opening show of the Gallery 101 ground floor and basement gallery |
| 07/09 | Ross MENDES - Canada |
| 20/09 | Kenneth BAKKER + Bernardine BIDEN |
| 15/10 | David BOTHA |
| 16/10 | Antonio QUADROS - Moçambique |
| 18/10 | Adeline WILSON |
| 01/11 | Raymonde AMEZ-DROZ - Switzerland |
| 15/11 | Diederick DÜRING |
| 29/11 | Berrell JENSEN - sculptures |
| 01/12 | Marie-Hélène ALBRECHT - ceramics |
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| 1966 |
"The stricken household", 1965 by Mslaba DUMILE-FENI |
| 17/01 | Mslaba DUMILE |
| 14/02 | Lily SACHS - sculpture |
| 28/02 | Gordon VORSTER |
| 14/03 | Johannes MEINTJES - opened by Dr Allan V. Bird |
| 17/03 | AnneMarie OPPENHEIM |
| 20/04 | Egon WEGROSTEK - gold jewellery - ground floor gallery |
| 25/04 | Ernst DE JONG - opened by Mary Harari |
| 30/04 | Joâo PAULO - Moçambique - ground floor gallery - paintings and ceramics |
| 09/05 | Alice GOLDIN - landscapes |
| 23/05 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 04/06 | Barbara GREIG + DAG (Desmond GREIG) |
| 06/06 | Ilse KLEINMAN |
| 23/06 | Esias BOSCH - stoneware |
| 04/07 | Pinchas ABRAMOVITCH - Israel |
| 18/07 | Giovanni BUFFA |
| 01/08 | Visual Arts Research: George BOYS, Trevor COLEMAN, Mike LIGHT, Jan HEYNIKE |
| 15/08 | Neil SACK |
| 20/08 | Peter NEL |
| 20/08 | Eduard LADAN |
| 12/09 | Collectors' Rare Carpets from the J. Shamoon Collection |
| 26/09 | Andrew MURRAY |
| 11/10 | Diederick DÜRING |
| 24/10 | RORKE'S DRIFT - tapestries |
| 05/11 | WILLY |
| 07/11 | Antonio QUADROS |
| 23/11 | Berrell JENSEN |
| 26/11 | Louis STEYN |
| 05/12 | Peter GROBBELAAR - ceramics |
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| 1967 |
Berrell Jensen in her studio, 1967, preparing her show |
| 27/02 | Maisie LIEBMAN - weaving |
| 13/03 | Gordon VORSTER |
| 10/04 | Henry MEYER |
| April | Marshall BARON - Zimbabwe |
| 08/05 | Dirk MEERKOTTER |
| 07/06 | Charity auction in aid of Jewish Women's Benevolent and Welfare Society, Johannesburg (36 artists) - opened by D. Livingstone |
| 12/06 | Mslaba DUMILE |
| 11/07 | Robin KEARNEY |
| 15/07 | Stella MAGNI |
| 31/07 | Ulrich SCHWANECKE |
| 07/08 | Danie MALAN |
| 29/08 | Lucas SITHOLE - 10 new sculptures, drawings and paintings |
| 11/09 | Ernst DE JONG - opened by Desmond Greig |
| 25/09 | Johannes MEINTJES |
| 06/11 | Esias BOSCH |
| 20/11 | Berrell JENSEN |
| 25/11 | Louis STEYN |
| 11/12 | Maurice VAN ESSCHE |
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