Janse van Rensburg, Pieter
Pieter Janse van Rensburg matriculated at Carolina High School, where was greatly influenced by Ruth Everard Haden, whom he had befriended at an early age. He was also influenced by the Everard group in general. After he completed his academic training, he taught for 25 years in Pretoria, where he started his own Art School, The Panorama Art Academy.
Some of the formal training he had includes:
THED 4th year teaching diploma in Fine Arts (Cum Laude), Pretoria Teachers training college
BA, University of Pretoria
BA Hons, University of Potchefstroom
Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Open window art academy
Diploma in oil painting, Technikon Pretoria
Cite Des Arts – Paris, France
Specializing in the art of Hikmet Onat, as well as the art of Russian Iconography in Turkey
Louis Jansen Van Vuuren, La Cruezette , France
Frieda Harmsen, MA Art Historian (Unisa) and Art Critic says about Janse van Rensburg’s work:
“Janse van Rensburg is particularly apt in depicting the landscape, the ever changing sea, as well as the ageless mountains. He imbues these landscapes with metaphysical meaning and surging emotion, while simultaneously investigating further aesthetic problems of style and expression. His art is not static but constantly in a state of flux. Consequently his style develops and matures and he is now clearly proclaiming a personal, aesthetic credo”
