Paul van Essche MVE
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Education
  • 1924 Brussels Academy under James Ensor.
  • 1933 Lessons with Henri Matisse, Paris, France.
Awards
  • 1930 Silver medal, International Exhibition, Antwerp
  • 1951 Chevalier de Leopold II, King Baudouin of Belgium (Knighthood)
  • 1966 Medal of Honour, South African Academy for Science and Art
  • 1972 Officer of Order of Leopold II, King Baudouin of Belgium
Exhibitions
  • 1927 First one-man exhibition, Brussels.
  • 1930 and 1935 La Jeune Peinture Belge, Brussels and Paris.
  • 1937 Ghent Salon.
  • 1939 One-man art exhibitions, Elizabethville, Leopoldville.
  • 1941 First South African one-man art exhibition, Cape Town.
  • 1948 Overseas Exhibition of South African Art, Tate Gallery.
  • 1948 to 1952 Exhibitions of International Art Club, South Africa.
  • 1950 Venice Bienalle.
  • 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercent Exhibition, Cape Town; Venice Bienalle.
  • 1953 Rhodes Centenary Exhibition, Bulawayo.
  • 1954 Venice Bienalle.
  • 1956 First Quad of South African Art.
  • 1957 São Paulo Bienalle.
  • 1960 Second Quad of South African Art.
  • 1961 São Paulo Bienalle.
  • 1963 São Paulo Bienalle.
  • 1965 São Paulo Bienalle.
  • 1966 Republic Fest Exhibition, Pretoria.
  • 1969 Group Exhibition, 'Le Petit Palais', Geneva.
  • 1971 Republic Fest Exhibition.
  • 1974/5 Prestige Retrospective Exhibition, South African National Art Gallery and Pretoria Art Museum.
Public Collections
  • South African National Art Gallery 
  • Johannesburg Art Gallery 
  • Pretoria Art museum
  • Durban Art Gallery
  • William Humphreys Art Gallery
  • AC White Gallery, Bloemfontein
  • Hester Rupert Museum
  • Rembrandt Foundation
  • King George VI Gallery
  • University of Johannesburg Art Gallery
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