Andre Francois Vanvuuren

André François van Vuuren (born 15 September 1945) is a South African expressionist artist known for his abstract landscapes and paintings of people, individually or in groups. Technically, he makes use of oil transfer line work, print, pallet knife and brush, working in oil paint on linen and on paper resulting in many layers of glazed and mixed colour. Working at pace, on large canvasses, his work has a spontaneous and vibrant quality, drawing the viewer into the painting.
. His ancestors were German (maternal grandfather) and Dutch (1692 settlers).

He was educated at Benoni High School and after his compulsory military service, he enrolled at The Johannesburg Art School to study Advertising and Graphic Design. Realizing that his calling was not in the commercial field, he abandoned the course and joined a workshop styled studio (Visual Arts Research) headed by George Boys one of South Africa’s foremost abstract expressionist painters where he discovered his love for the tactile application of oil paint on canvas.

1970 Little Gallery, Sandown 1991 Ben Fourie, Pietersburg
1971 Champs Elysees Gallery, Hyde Park 1991 Desré Resnick Gallery Cape Town
1972 The Downstairs Gallery, Benoni 1992 Linder Auditorium JCE
1974 Lidchi Art Gallery, Johannesburg 1994 Genevieve Hasaerts, Brussels
1975 Lidchi Art Gallery, Johannesburg 1995 Crake Gallery, Johannesburg
1977 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg 1996 Crake Gallery, Johannesburg
1977 Gallery S, Nelspruit 1996 Christophe Meissenbacher, Trier
1977 Neil Sach Gallery, Durban 1997 Chris Crake Gallery, Johannesburg
1978 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg 1998 Galerie Claude Andre, Brussels
1979 Gallery S, Pretoria 1998 Barnton Road Studio, Johannesburg
1980 Crake Gallery, Johannesburg 1999 Barnton Road Studio, Johannesburg
1981 Crake Gallery, Johannesburg 2000 Barnton Road Studio, Johannesburg
1986 Passe Partout, Johannesburg 2001 Barnton Road Studio, Johannesburg
1986 Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Durban 2003 Barnton Road Studio, Johannesburg
1987 Crake Gallery, Johannesburg 2003 Lake Pleasant Hotel, Knysna
1988 University of Bloemfontein 2004 Knysna Fine Art Gallery Knysna
1989 Karen McKerron Gallery, Johan...