Marie Vermeulen-Breedt was born in Pretoria, South Africa. She is a
dedicated artist who has produced an impressive collection of works.
She has built a very successful career out her art and her work can be
found in various prominent private and public collections both locally
and internationally.
Her work consists mainly of portraits, children, interior, still
life's, landscapes and equine works. Here works in the 1970's and early
1980's consisted mostly of child studies, that was in the time that here
own children were still young. In the late 1980's after moving to her
farm in Bapsfontein, she began erotic studies that included nudes and
the forbidden fruits. In the 1990's her work was mainly interiors and
horses. That was reflecting her time on the farm and also her travels
throughout South Africa. Since 2000 she has done more landscapes, but
also concentrated on her interiors.
She has an honest approach to doing portraits and it has made her a
popular choice for painting iconic figures.
Such so that she was commissioned by the University of Pretoria to do
portraits of Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki for its new
Human Rights Law Library, which was unveiled by then President Thabo
Mbeki. Marie Vermeulen-Breedt: 1954, Pretoria, South Africa - Marié
Vermeulen-Breedt is a dedicated artist who has produced an impressive
body of work. Her portraits and pure compositions are a celebration of
life, emitting charm and opulence, not only of subject matter but also
of rich and vibrant use of colour and light.
Biography:
1977 Completed BA (fine arts) UNISA
1976-7 Portrait study under Kingsley Sutton, (RA) and George Israels,
(RA) London
1999-02 Study tours to various countries around the world. Study tour at
Cite Internationale des arts Paris
1976 Married Jan Breedt, birth of daughter, Adelai (1989), birth of son,
Jacob (1982), birth of daughter, Jean-Mari (1995)
Memberships:
South African Association of Arts
Water Colour Society of South Africa
ational Portrait Gallery, London , UK
South African Association of Art Historians
