Happy birthday, Peter Clarke (SA, 2 June 1929 – 13 April 2014)
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Peter Clarke was a visual artist, a writer and poet. He left high school in 1944 and was a dock worker until 1956. At age 27, he began his artistic career. He received six international as well as six national awards for his art and writing and had more than 70 solo exhibitions since 1957 in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Australia, USA, Norway, Israel, Austria & the UK. He also had many group shows in South Africa, Yugoslavia, Germany, Brazil, Austria, Italy, USA, Argentine, Norway, Botswana, Japan, Switzerland & France. In 2005 he was awarded the Order of Ikhamga (silver) by President Thabo Mbeki and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. A major retrospective exhibition of his work took place in London in 2013.
Author: Art Times
