Born in 1929 in Johannesburg and died in Tulbagh, Cape in 2001.
Studied 1947- 50 University of the Witwatersrand, gaining a BA (Fine Arts); 1951-52 on a postgraduate study bursary at the Slade School of Art, thereafter studied on an Italian Goverment Travelling Scholarship in Italy and from 1959 - 60 on a Japanese Goverment travelling scholarship at the Unversity of Kyoto, Japan.
He participated in numerous group exhibitions from 1949 in South Africa and in the U.K., in France, Japan, the U.S.A., Belgium, Canada Australia, Spain and The Netherlands.
His international solo exhibitions include:
1955 - Hanover Gallery, London
1959 - Minimani Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1960 - Takahimaya Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1960 - Schwetzoff Gallery, Boston, U.S.A.
1961 - Gallery Stadler, Paris, France
1961 - Galeria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan, Italy
1963 - Gallery Stadler, Paris, France
1963 - Galerie Aujourd'hui, Brussels, Belgium
1974 - Galeria Arrabal, Callossa, Spain
1985 - Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
His last local exhibition was the Retrospective Exhibition 1947–99 at the Sasol Museum, University of Stellenbosch
Signed copies of the book by Muller Ballot on Coetzee's life and work are available at the gallery.
Studied 1947- 50 University of the Witwatersrand, gaining a BA (Fine Arts); 1951-52 on a postgraduate study bursary at the Slade School of Art, thereafter studied on an Italian Goverment Travelling Scholarship in Italy and from 1959 - 60 on a Japanese Goverment travelling scholarship at the Unversity of Kyoto, Japan.
He participated in numerous group exhibitions from 1949 in South Africa and in the U.K., in France, Japan, the U.S.A., Belgium, Canada Australia, Spain and The Netherlands.
His international solo exhibitions include:
1955 - Hanover Gallery, London
1959 - Minimani Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1960 - Takahimaya Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1960 - Schwetzoff Gallery, Boston, U.S.A.
1961 - Gallery Stadler, Paris, France
1961 - Galeria d'Arte del Naviglio, Milan, Italy
1963 - Gallery Stadler, Paris, France
1963 - Galerie Aujourd'hui, Brussels, Belgium
1974 - Galeria Arrabal, Callossa, Spain
1985 - Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
His last local exhibition was the Retrospective Exhibition 1947–99 at the Sasol Museum, University of Stellenbosch
Signed copies of the book by Muller Ballot on Coetzee's life and work are available at the gallery.
CHRISTO COETZEE
SOLD Prototype: Fire curtain, State Theatre, Pretoria, 1980
Oil on paper, 40 x 60 cm
Oil on paper, 40 x 60 cm
SOLD Dwelling 1, 1985. Oil on paper, 45 x 63 cm
Head, 1995
Oil on board, 130 x 120 cm
Oil on board, 130 x 120 cm
