| ABOUT THE ARTIST....................................................................................................................... Born in Johannesburg, Gail van Lingen is a passionate artist with deep roots in South Africa. ( Please see her Curriculum Vitae below for a detailed history of her career.) On her father's side, the family is linked to Piet Retief who the Zulu Chief, Dingaan, had put to death in 1838. On her mother's side, the Symons line in South Africa goes back to 1769. And her great grandfather and his brother, as part of the Natal Carbineers, were with Lord Chelmsford when the camp at Isandhlwana was attacked. In short, her interest in her subject matter is visceral. It is in her blood. Her robust and joyous use of colour, along with the texture she achieves with her palette knife, has made Gail van Lingen's works eminently collectable. Her recent Moroccan Collection was virtually sold out on preview at the old Castle in Cape Town. Her paintings hang on the walls of discerning art buyers in America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and South Africa.
CURRICULM VITAE.........................................................................................................................
1964 - 1967. B.A. Fine Arts, University of the Witwatersrand.
EXHIBITIONS................................................................................................................................
1975. The Association of Arts Gallery, Cape Town
1976. Artistic Adventure, Pietermaritzburg, group show
1976. Inglesby's Gallery, Nelspruit, a joint exhibition with Christopher Tugwell.
1977. Group Show of South African artists, Lookout Gallery, Johannesburg
1978. Opening of the Lookout Gallery, Plettenberg Bay - a Solo Show
1980. Group Show, New Grafton Gallery, Old Bond Street, London
1981. Solo Show Robert Enthoven Gallery, Johannesburg
1983. Group Show at The Studio, Old Sandown Veterinary Clinic, Johannesburg
1984. Solo Show, Gloucester House Gallery, Picadilly, London
1985. Solo Show, Natalie Knight Gallery, Johannesburg
1986. Solo Show, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
1987 - 1991. Commissioned to create 20 paintings on The Battlefields of South Africa by the Times Media Group
1991. Exhibition of paintings & launch of the book at the S.A. Military Museum, Johannesburg
1998. Solo Show, The Air Gallery, Dover Street,London
2005. Solo Show. The Dolphin Room. Cape Town Castle.
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