LAMBERT KRIEDEMANN
Early Life:
Lambert Kriedemann was born in 1951 and has lived in Cape Town since he was 11 years old. He taught himself to paint in watercolour when he was 10 and sold his first oil painting at the age of 13.
Lambert finished school in 1968 with art as a subject and began studying architecture in 1970. In spite of good results, he left at the end of his first year. After several art-related jobs in the theatre and film industries he became a full-time art student. Six months later he abandoned his studies in order to work as art director in a series of film advertisements. In 1972 Lambert spent almost a year on the island of Formentera in the Mediterranean, where he made a precarious living as an artist. On returning to Cape Town, he worked for an architect before returning to painting permanently. Soon after his return to Cape Town he married, and now has four grown-up children.
Career as an Artist
Since 1975 Lambert has been a full-time artist. He has held 17 one-man shows and taken part in many group exhibitions. His work has generally been well received by the critics. For instance, a 1979 critique by Eldred Green in The Argus appeared under the heading: "Kriedemann shows much promise." In 1995 Lambert won the prize for:"Best Work on Show" in the "Pulse of Africa" exhibition - one of the fringe events at the first Johannesburg Biennale. In 2004 he won the first prize in the South African Society of Artists annual drawing competition.
Between 1986 and 1994 Lambert designed ten sets of postage stamp. His third series won him the second prize in the national "Stamp Designer of the Year" competition. His last first-day cover featuring Namibian fossils was published early in 1995. Five calendars of his work have been published, as well as several editions of art prints.
During his long career, Lambert has received widespread media coverage. His paintings and postage stamps have appeared on South African television. He has been interviewed and filmed at work in his studio for German television. He is listed in Grania Ogilvie's "Dictionary of South African Artists" and the Africus Institute's "Directory of South African Contemporary Art" as well as the " Collector's Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa."
Lambert Kriedemann's work has found its way into private collections in many countries of the world. For instance, Lloyd's of London and the Sultan of Omar each own one of his paintings. In South Africa, Lambert's work is to be found in the collections of several large corporations, notably First National Bank and The Board of Executors. In 1996 /7 he was commissioned by Sun International to paint a mural and several large oils which are prominently displayed in the Table Bay Hotel. He also painted two large oils for the Grand West Casino in Goodwood. As a result of his successful participation in a group show by South African artists in Holland in 1998, Lambert was sponsored to hold a one-man show in The Hague in October 2003. The exhibition was opened by the South African Ambassador to the Netherlands, Ms P. Jana. He subsequently held his 17th one-man show at the Johans Borman Fine Art Gallery in Cape Town, in October 2003.
STYLE AND TECHNIQUE
Having been a long-time admirer of the old masters and having studied their work at first hand in Europe, Lambert learned from Ralph Rillman Miller, the well-known portrait painter, how to make his own paints and mediums according to traditional formulae. For five years he worked almost exclusively with hand-made paint before adapting the technique for use with modern tube paints.
His lifelong dedication to the Western European tradition of naturalistic illusionism has been tempered by an open-minded study of the theories and techniques of modern artists. His approach combines traditional naturalism with aspects of modern photo-realism and with compositional ideas and painting techniques gleaned from the study of a number of styles of modern painting, including various forms of abstraction. His ability to combine the old and the new will surprise and delight thee discriminating viewer.
GROUP SHOWS:
1. Cape Artists, Newlands Hotel 1974
2. New Signatures, S.A. Association of Arts 1975
3. Meet the Artists, Gallery 709 ( surrealism ) 1976
4. Cape Artists ( Cape Town Festival ) Gallery 709 1978
5. Maxwoods group show, Edgemead 1978
6. In Focus, Sea Point 1979
7. Rialto, Strand 1980
8. Lifeline group show, Forum, Cavendish Square 1980
9. Design for Living 1980
10. West Coast Art, Saldanha 1981
11. Maxwoods group show 1981
12. Design for Living 1981
13. Goodwood Library 1981
14. Subud World Congress Exhibition, Windsor, England 1983
15. Garlicks Gallery opening ( invited artists ) 1985
16. Group show, Garlick's Gallery 1985
17. Ou Kelder Gallery opening ( invited artists ) 1986
18. West Coast Art, Langebaan 1986
19. Nico Malan theatre foyer ( Dave Parkes, Peter Jander and others ) 1986
20. Palm Gallery, Bergvliet 1986
21. Upstairs Gallery opening, Claremont ( invited artists ) 1987
22. West Coast Art, Langebaan 1987
23. Cavendish Square 1987
24. 3 Man show, Chelsea gallery ( surrealism ) 1987
25. Sun Art Gallery opening ( invited artists ) 1987
26. 3 Person show with Peter Clarke and Vivienne Gottlieb 1988
27. The Wellstead - in aid of Homeopathic and Chiropractic Education 1988
28. Durban Expo '88 ( wildlife ) 1988
29. Subud World Congress exhibition, Sydney, Australia 1998
30. Kunshuis, Clanwilliam ( with Gregoire Boonzaier, Marjory Wallace etc ) 1989
31. Edrich Gallery Gala Summer Show 1992
32. Jane se Kunshuis ( with David Botha and others ) 1993
33. Subud World Congress Exhibition, Colombia 1993
34. Cape Gallery - numerous group shows since 1980
35. Gallery at the Marine, Hermanus, various … 1993 - 1996
36. S.A. Association of Arts - 40 Cape Artists - Pretoria and Johannesburg 1994
37.Pulse of Africa ( Fringe, Johannesburg Biennale ) won prize for Best Work on Show 1995
38. Members' Exhibitions, S.A. Association of Arts / A.V.A. since 1995
39. Art '95 Top 70 exhibition, New York, U.S.A. 1995
40. Subud World Congress Exhibition, Spokane, U.S.A. 1997
41. South African Artists, Wassenaar, The Hague, Holland 1998
42. Contemporary Art, Cavendish Square 1998
43. Framer's Workroom opening ( invited artists ) 1998
44. Cape Gallery (with Francois Koch, Gail Darroll, Ruth Squibb & others) 1999
45. Crake Gallery 23rd Anniversary Show 2000
46. Cape Gallery ( abstract paintings ) 2001
44. Wild Life Exhibition, Cape Gallery 2005
ONE - MAN & TWO - MAN SHOWS:
1. Barclays Bank Gallery 1978
2. Hout Street Gallery, Paarl 1978
3. Oranjemund, courtesy of Consolidated Diamond Mines 1979
4. Design for Living 1979
5. S.A. Perm, Rondebosh ( sponsored by Perm ) 1980
6. Rialto Gallery, Strand 1980
7. Cape Gallery ( miniatures ) 1980
8. Cape Gallery ( miniatures ) 1981
9. Strand Galleries 1982
10. Saldanha Bay 1982
11. Maxwoods, Gardens 1984
12. Staples Studios, Paarl 1984
13. The Venue, Claremont 1984
14. Board of Executors ( sponsored by BOE ) 1988
15. Constantia Village with Peter Bilas 1988
16. Constantia Village with Peter Bilas 1989
17. Sanlam Gallery, Bellville, with Johan Coetzee 1993
18. Albertyn Stables Gallery, Simonstown, with Phil Cloete. 1999
19. Gallery Gerard, The Hague, Holland 2002
20. Johans Borman Fine Art Gallery 2003
COMMISSIONS:
1. Portrait of Captain S. Banks, R.N. 1979
2. Endangered and Endearing wildlife calendar 1981
3. Large oil of flowers for B. Phillips, Camps Bay 1981
4. Perspective drawings illustrating stages of construction of Groote Schuur
Hospital for LTA - Comiat tender presentation 1982
5. Illuminated address for Lifeline 1982
6. 4 African tribal portraits for calendar 1985
7. Oil of Paarl Boys High School 1985
8. Postage Stamps ( Venda woodcarving ) 1987
9. Old City Hall and Grand Parade with Saturday morning market - for
Harry Lewis of H. Lewis/ Syfrets 1987
10. Portrait of William Clift Snr for Clift and Sons, Paarl 1988
11. Postage Stamps ( Venda Nurses' Training College ) 1988
12. Portrait of the Board of Directors & Senior Managers of the Board of
Executors 1988
13. Postage Stamps ( Venda Traditional Kitchenware ) 1989
14. Portrait of Racehorse Coolstar 1989
15. Oils of Wembley Shopping Complex for G.Gangraker 1990
16. Postage Stamps ( Transkei fossils ) 1990
17. Manfred Denda and family on the Grand Parade 1991
18. Portraits of Gangraker family 1991
19. Portrait of Trawler for J. Walsh of Mervest 1991
20. Postage Stamps ( Namibia Weather Service ) 1991
21. Underwater scenes for calendar, Almanac publishers, Jhb 1992
22. Postage Stamps ( Transkei Fossils ) 1992
23. " " ( Transkei Fossils ) 1993
24. " " ( Transkei Bats ) 1994
25. Oil of Elephant for Eidai Corporation, Japan 1995
26. Postage Stamps ( Namibian Fossils ) 1995
27. Postage Stamps ( Sea Shells, RSA ) 1995
28. Oil of American Mountain sheep for Joe Vintcent 1995
29. 3 Small oils of Game Birds for First National Bank 1996
30. Artist's Impression of new housing complex for Cavalier Homes 1996
31. Mural and 4 large oils on canvas for new Table Bay Hotel ( Sun Int. ) 1997
32. Oil of Waterfront for Peter van Hoven 1998
33. Portrait of pleasure boat for P.C. Kuttel 1998
34. View of Groot Paternoster reserve for Peter Reynolds 1999
35. Trawler 'Silver Dolphin' at St Helena, for Alex Tredoux 1999
36. Portrait of Nicholas Utton and Family (USA) 2000
37. View of Hout Bay for Mike & Sue Parker (England) 2000
38. 17th Century sailing ships for Grandwest Casino 2000
39. Waterfront oil for Jim & Lynette Gilbert ( USA ) 2001
40. Portrait of "Haus Sonnenflecken" for Hans Kabutz 2001
41. Waterfront, Duncan Basin, 3 m long for Strandfoam, Strand 2004
42. SA Steam Train in Natal landscape 2005
43. 12 Apostles from Glen Beach, 2.5 m for J. Gulliver 2005
45. Steam Train crossing stone bridge, Natal Midlands for D Shenker 2005
REPRODUCTIONS:
1980 Reproduction of small watercolours by Gallery Greetings
1981 Endangered and Endearing wildlife calendar by Calendaria
1982 Self-publication of 2 sets of reproductions ( Table Mountain and Hout Bay )
1983 Perspective drawings in LTA-Comiat tender proposal for new GSH
1985 Tribal Portraits calendar by Calendaria
1986 Reprint of Endangered and Endearing calendar by Calendaria
1992 Vanishing Lifestyles calendar, Associated Industries
1993 Reader's Digest Cover
1993 At Safe Anchorage calendar, Associated Industries
1993 Publication of Waterfront and Grand Parade prints by Manfred Denda
1994 Cape landscapes calendar, Associated Industries
1986 - 1994 Ten sets of postage stamps for South Africa and Namibia
1999 Twelve Apostles from Maiden's Cove and View of Farm Landscape near Franschoek - published by Templecrest.
WORKSHOPS:
2004 2 day art course on advanced oil painting techniques for The Society of South African Artists.
2005 3 day workshop on making paints and mediums and Old Master techniques for master students from University of Orange Free State.
2005 Drawing course for beginners
LISTED IN:
1. Dictionary of South African Artists ( Grania Ogilvie )
2. Directory of South African Contemporary Art ( Africus Institute )
3. The Collector's Guide to Art and Artists in South Africa ( S.A. Institute of Artists and Designers )
4. South African Art News ( S. A. Contemporary Arts Publishers )
MEMBER OF:
1. The Association for Visual Arts
2. The South African Society of Artists
3. The South African Institute of Artists and Designers
RADIO & TELEVISION :
1. 1987 - Group show at Sun Art Gallery ( paintings shown on T.V. )
2. 1990 - National Stamp design competition ( designs shown on T.V. )
3. 1995 - Interviewed on Fine Music Radio lunchtime program
4. 1997 - Interviewed and filmed at work in his studio by Albert Krogman of Sudwest-Funk. Shown twice on German television.
5. 2003 - interviewed on radio for his exhibition at Johans Borman Fine Art Gallery
COLLECTIONS:
1. Lloyds of London
2. Board of Executors
3. First National Bank
4. Eidai Corporation, Japan
5. Sheik of Oman
6. Table Bay Hotel
7. Groote Schuur Hospital
8. Harry Lewis ( H. Lewis / Syfrets, H. Lewis/ Trafalgar, etc )
9. Don Daly ( Donald D. Daly and Associates, Gardiennage, etc )
10. Vera Dodds ( In-Fin-Art, formerly Princess Labia )
11. Ike and Henry Hasson ( Star Import / Export, etc )
12. Jack Walsh ( Mervest, Natal Ocean Trawling, etc )
13. Peter van Hofen ( Comair )
14. Albert Krogman ( Producer, Sudwest-Funk T.V. Germany )
15. Cliff Findlay ( Saturn of Henderson, Nevada, USA )
16. Nick Utton ( Mastercard, USA )
17. Wright Seal & Plastics, Cape Town.
18. GrandWest Casino, Cape Town.
19. Strand Foam
20. J Gulliver (Ireland)
21. Many other private collections.
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