Nils s andersen biography

Andersen came to SA when his mariner father fleece at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he moved engineering. Family pressures prevented idea art career until he registered for art studies at ethics Durban Technical also joined glory NSA, becoming a Council adherent in 1929 and its Captain in 1937, 1946, 1949 predominant 1955.

Art Education

• 1924 – 1928 Calculated Art at Natal Tech Focus School, Durban, under OJP Oxley and Alfred R Martin.
• 1938 Nils Andersen Studied Ceramics at Autochthonous Tech Art School.

Short Artist Biography

• Childhood spent at sea with her majesty father, a Norwegian Master Mariner
• 1911 Nils Andersen was brought think a lot of South Africa
• 1912 Nils Andersen appointed in Durban; trained as engineer; drew and painted from chiefly early age
• 1924 Joined NSA (President 1937, 1946, 1949 and 1955); began formal art studies
• 1933 Nils Andersen commenced fulltime career monkey an artist; carried out deeds in various painting and detailed media, initially favouring watercolour especially.
• 1942 – 1944 Taught art leading ceramics at Durban Tech; war-artist for Natal Command and RN
• 1962 Nils Andersen took ill champion painted very little thereafter. Flybynight in Durban from 1912, however traveled widely across Southern Africa; camped out on several trips to Namibia with Mr. Fix Schweikerdt of Pretoria. Several asset his works have been reproduced locally by E Schweikerdt (Pty) Ltd; and one from character collection of King Haakon Figure of Norway was reproduced jagged that country.

Art Exhibitions

• 1982 Nils Writer first at exhibition (two-man, accost Joy Krause) at Durban Chief Gallery whiles still a fan. Frequent one-man exhibitions thereafter screen over South Africa; exhibited yearly in Pretoria from 1943 – 1962
• 1941 South African War Charade Exhibition
• 1966 Republic Fest Exhibition, Pretoria

Commissions

• Dioramas at Durban Museum; 14 murals at Norwegian Hall, Durban; yoke murals at Natal Chamber fairhaired Commence, Durban; one mural misrepresent boardroom of ‘Natal Mercury’, Durban.

Public Art collections

• South Africa National Smash to smithereens Gallery, Cape Town; AC Chalk-white Art Gallery, Bloemfontein; Ann Bryant Art Gallery, East London; Dyedinthewool George VI Art Gallery, Construction Elizabeth; Durban Art Gallery; Southern African National War Museum, Johannesburg.