Johan VAN HEERDEN

 

b. 6th January, 1930

 

Sculptures, paintings, graphics, jewellery and actor

 

 

Johan van Heerden at work in his studio in 1965 (img © Constance Stuart)

Johan van Heerden in 1965 (© Constance Stuart)

 

 

Short C.V.

 

C.V. with list of Public Collections and Commissions to 1977 as published:

Johan van HEERDEN CV to 1977 miniature from Afrox catalogue

 

See also:

C.V. to 1965 as detailed, unpublished, from our archives

 

 

Selected Solo and Group Shows

 

1956 Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg

1964 SA Association of Arts, Pretoria (Jewellery) (13th October)

1965 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (Paintings) (14th June)

1965 SA Association of Arts, Pretoria (Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures) (18th October)

1966 SA Association of Arts, Pretoria (Sculptures) (25th October)

1969 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (Johan and Jacqueline van Heerden) (5th December)

 

Johan van Heerden silver ring 1969 ill. in ARTLOOK 37 Johannesburg 1969 December, p. 35

click on image or this link to view other jewellery creations of Johan van Heerden!

 

1977 Gallery International, Cape Town (Sculptures) (25th September)

1977 SA Association of Arts (West Gallery), Pretoria (7th November)

1978 SA Association of Arts, Pretoria (Sculptures) (7th November)

1991 Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, Pretoria (Sculptures) (September)

 

 

Images

 

Fernand F. Haenggi at Gallery 101, Rand Central, Johannesburg, in 1966, viewing works by Johan van Heerden, Ernst de Jong, Walter Battiss and others

Works by Johan van Heerden, Ernst de Jong, Walter Battiss and others on view at the Gallery 101 Rand Central Johannesburg street-level premises in 1966

 

Johan VAN HEERDEN "Untitled", 1955 - oil/board - Coll. Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet (img.©)

"Untitled", 1955 - oil/board - Coll. Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet ©

 

Johan van Heerden - some of the sculptures illustrated in ARTLOOK 10 from September 1967

Some of the sculptures illustrated in ARTLOOK 10 - September, 1967

 

 

Works on auction

 

Stephan Welz / Sothebys, Cape Town - 2002 (15th October - Lot 228)

Stephan Welz & Co., Cape Town - 2011 (22nd February - Lot 579), ill.

Johan van Heerden "Reclining figure" bronze 2 out of 10 10cm H

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 2007 (7th May - Lot 661+662)

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 2009 (9th February - Lot 448)

Johan van Heerden "Abstract" 1969  Pencil sketch Ř 40cm Lot 448 Bernardi Auctioneers 9th Feb 2009

Please click on Lot 448 for a better view!

 

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 2012 (16th April - Lot 485)

 

 

Selected references

 

ARTLOOK 1 Johannesburg - 1966 November - Vol. 1 No. 1, p.12 ill.

ARTLOOK 10 Johannesburg - 1967 September - Vol. 1 No. X, pp. 10/11, ill.

ARTLOOK 30 Johannesburg - 1969 May, pp. 3-5, ill.

ARTLOOK 37 Johannesburg - 1969 December, p. 35, (Johan + Jacqueline van Heerden), ill.

ARTLOOK 82 Johannesburg - 1973 September - Vol. 6 No. 9 (Weldart '73), p. 10, ill.

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Habitat No. 15 1975 pp. 52/55, ill.

Entrance to Johan and Jacqueline van Heerden's home on the Juskei river (img Habitat no. 15, 1975)

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OUR ART4 ONS KUNS, F.E.S.T., Pretoria / Foundation for the Creative Arts, Johannesburg, 1993, pp. 138/145, ill. - ISBN 0-7970-2832-3

Johan van Heerden in 1962 ill. in OUR ART 4, F.E.S.T. Pretoria 1993, p.138

Johan van Heerden with one of his paintings in 1962

 

 

Other Publications

 

Johan van Heerden "Study in wood", 1963 (img Ons Erfdeel 1963 No. 3)

„Die hedendaagse beeldhoukuns in Suid-Afrika“ (van der Westhuysen) (Ons Erfdeel Vlaams ©), 1963, No 3, pp. 50-67, ill. p. 58

"Twentieth century South African Art" (Human & Rousseau) (Bokhorst), 1966, ill. 99 on p. 129

"South African Graphic Art and its techniques" (Human & Rousseau) (F.L. Alexander), 1974, ill. p. 38 + 132 - ISBN 0-7981-0329-9

"Guide to the Pretoria Art Museum" (A.J. Werth), undated abt. 1977, p. 23, ill.

"Johan van Heerden" (Afrox Metalart catalogue) (Russell-Walling), 1977, 20 pp., ill.

"South African Art" (MacDonald Heritage Library) (James Ambrose Brown), 1978, p. 32, ill. - ISBN 0-7967-0009-5

"Five sculptors - an exhibition of metal sculptors", 1980, cat. for touring exhibition shown in Cape Town, Grahamstown, Johannesburg, Pretoria, 3 pp. ill.

Republic Festival Arts Exhibition, Durban, May-June 1981, p. 63

"Three Centuries of South African Art" (A.D. Donker) (Hans Fransen), 1982, pp. 334, 335 (ill.), 350, 352 (ill.) - ISBN 0-86852-012-8

"Looking at South African Art" (JL van Schaik) (Harmsen), 1985, pp. 109, 123, 179; see ill. 123+126 - ISBN 0-627-01411-9

Johan van Heerden "Untitled", 1979 cast aluminium ed. 4/10 58cm H ill. in "Lantern" Journal, Pretoria, April 1985 - Vol. 34, No. 2, ill. p. 39 (SANLAM Art Collection)

"Lantern" Journal, Pretoria, April 1985 - Vol. 34, No. 2, ill. p. 39 (SANLAM Art Collection) - click on image for details! - ISSN 0023-8422

"Lantern" Journal, Pretoria, July, 1985 - Vol. 34, No. 3, ill. p. 23 , fig. 12 - ISSN 0023-8422

"Paris and South African Artists 1850-1965" (SA National Gallery, Cape Town) (Alexander/Bedford/Cohen), 1988, pp. 78/79, 110, ill. fig 8 - ISBN 0-620-12147-5

„The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors including Namibia“ (Ogilvie / Graff) (Everard Read), 1988 – ISBN 0 620 12663 9 – listed on p. 690/1, ill. opp. p. 685

"Public Sculpture & Reliefs, Cape Town" (Clifton Publ.) (Crump/van Niekerk), 1988, p.18+21 ill. cat.2 - ISBN-13: 9780620124645

"Images of Wood - aspects of the history of sculpture in 20th Century South Africa (Johannesburg Art Gallery) (Rankin), 1989 - ISBN 0-620-13867-X

"Artists' Palate - a collection of artists' recipes" (Ladan / Doyle), 1991 - p.34, ill. - ISBN 0-620-15955-3

"Die Akademiekunsversameling" - Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (1992) - p. 29, ill. - ISBN 0 949976 50 4

"Art & Artists of South Africa" - 3rd edition (Southern Book Publ.) (Berman), 1993, pp. 191, 193, 244, 300/01, 375, 382, 395, 470/01, 475, 515/18; ill. on pp. 411+412+471

"Images of Metal" (Witwatersrand University Press) (Rankin), 1994 - pp. 18-22, 52, 55, 57, 62, 67 (ill. p.19) - ISBN 1-86814-257-4

"Printmaking in a transforming South Africa" (David Philip Publ.) (Hobbs/Rankin), 1997, p.136 - ISBN 0-86486-334-9

“ABSA Group Corporate Art Collection 1900-1997” (Loedolff/Basson) (ABSA), 1997, ill. p64

"Pretoria - Artists' Impressions 1857-2001" (Protea Book) (Bolsmann), 2001, p. 301 - ISBN 1-919825-66-5

 

 

Other references

 

The Star, Johannesburg - 25th May, 1965 ("Ivivi" is a dream come true ...)

Other numerous press cuttings from the 1960s in our archives - details upon request!

Gallery 181 CV with list of public collections and commissions

 

Reference to Johan van Heerden as a film actor

"Die Vlugteling" (1960) (Director: Gordon Vorster)

"Jy's Lieflik Vanaand" (1962) (Director: Gordon Vorster)

"Die Ruiter in die Nag" (1963) (Director: Jan Perold)

"The Road to Mecca" (1991) (Director: Athol Fugard / Peter Goldsmid)

 

Specimen Signature

Johan van Heerden - specimen signature in aluminium cast in the SANLAM Collection

 

 

Johan van Heerden on Youtube

 

Retrospective Exhibition Johannesburg 2005

4 bronzes from 2009 - 2011

Johan van Heerden in his studio (Dagbreek Kyknet) - 2013

 

 

Further Links

www.pelmama.org – do an internal search for „Heerden“

See also:

www.johanvanheerden.co.za

 

 

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Last update of this page - 11th January, 2017

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