Three Ladies print Pieter van der Westhuizen 109cm L

Three Ladies print Pieter van der Westhuizen Dimensions 109cm L 83 cm H 2.5 cm W 7 kg heavy Professionally framed with glass glaze Pieter van der Westhuizen (1931 - 2008) was active/lived in South Africa, Netherlands. Pieter vd Westhuizen is known for Abstract paintings of distorted faces, heads, portraits and landscapes, woodblocks. Pieter van der Westhuizen was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1931. He studied art at Unisa under Zakkie Eloff, Leo Theron, Robert Hodgins and many others. In 1960 he also worked under Alfred Krenz and then in 1971 under Erik Launscher. Between 1979 – 1980 Pieter attended the “National Hoger Institute voor Schone Kunst” at the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in Belgium. In 1982 and 1985 he continued his studies at the “Stedelijke Akademie” in Ghent and the “Ryk’s Centrum voor Grafiek” in Kasterlee, Belgium. During 1983 and 1985 he studied wood-block printing in Japan. His work comprises of mainly landscapes, portraits, still life’s figures and abstract pictures. Pieter van der Westhuizen has held many solo and group exhibitions. In 1988 and 1989 he was invited to exhibit with Marc Chagall, Yaacov Agam and Ben Avram in Madrid, Spain. His biggest and most successful exhibition ever held in South Africa was to mark his 65th birthday celebration.