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3 September 2001 by Andries Loots |
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Born 1899 in Vienna, Austria Died 1980 Cape Town, South Africa. Krenz was a painter of people, Still life and landscapes. He worked in various mediums and also produced some graphic works. |
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Between 1915-16 he studied art at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna and between 1918-19 at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. In 1929-1931 he furthered his studies at the Amédée Ozenfant's Academy in Paris. After arriving in South Africa he briefly taught in Stellenboch and in 1952 he opened the Krenz Art School in Rondebosch. He was a member of the 1952 New Group with fellow artists Gregoire Boonzaier, Joyce Ord-Brown, Maurice Hughes, René Graetz, Terence McCaw, Jeanette Pope-Ellis, Lippy Lipshitz, Florence Zerffi, Frieda Lock, Walter Battiss, Alexis Preller, Ruth Prowse, Charles Peers and others. He toured, worked and exhibited in various countries like Italy, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Haiti, Israel and Spain to name but a few. |
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Still
Life with Pumpkin, oil on canvas, South Africa, 1952 Private Collection |
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He received the following awards : 1926 - The Vienna Prix de Rome 1958 - The title Professor ( Honoris cause ) by the Austrian Government 1967 - Medal of Honour for painting, South African Akademie vir Wetenskap en kuns. |
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His work is
represented in various private and museum collections in South Africa
and abroad: Johannesburg Art Gallery Pretoria Art Museum South African National Gallery Albertina Gallery, Vienna, Austria Salzburg art Gallery, Austria University of South Africa University of the Witwatersrand University of Stellenboch William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley Ann Bryant Gallery, East London Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaf-Reinet King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium William Annandale Art Gallery, Lichtenburg |
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Alternative
reading, more information as well as details on a recently
published art book on this artist: |
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The
Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors,
Grania Ogilvie, Published by Everard Read, ISBN. 0 620
12663 9 |
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