Erik Laubscher was born in Tulbagh in 1927. He studied at the Continental School of Art in Cape Town and studied portrait art in London. A painter of landscapes, seascapes, still life, figures, portraits and abstract pictures, he worked in oil, acrylic, watercolour, ink, pencil and charcoal. In 1966 he was the first South African to be awarded the Carnegie Scholarship, through which he spent three months on a study tour of the USA. In 1970, he founded the Ruth Prowse Art Centre in Woodstock, Cape Town, which became the Ruth Teachers Association. He has also been a selector for a number of large national and international exhibitions.

Solo Exhibitions 2009    Erik Laubscher: A Major Retrospective Exhibition, SMAC Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa 1994    Major Retrospective Exhibition of 140 works from 1944 to 1994, SASOL Museum and US Gallery, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 2000    Association of Arts, Worcester, South Africa 2003    Irma Stern Museum Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1994    Retrospective Exhibition, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 1988    South Africa Association of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa 1980    Republic Festival Exhibition, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 1981    University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 1973    South African Association of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa 1970    Retrospective Exhibition, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 1967    Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1965    South African Association of Arts, Cape Town, South Africa 1963    Lidchi Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa 1961    Gallery 101, Johannesburg, South Africa 1959    South African Association of Arts and Edrich, Cape Town and Stellenbosch. 1954    Gallery Motte, Geneva, Switzerland 1953    Gallery Vincent, Pretoria, South Africa 1951    South African Association of Art’s Argus Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1947    Garlick’s Gallery, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Museums:

Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley, South Africa Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa Rupert Family Art Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa Sanlam Art Gallery, Bellville, South Africa. Taken from: http://www.ellerman.co.za/art/artist/?id=9 and www.smac.co.za