Dieuwie Holthuysen Artist: Biography - Paintings for sale

Dieuwie Holthuysen was born in the Netherlands and emigrated to what is now Zimbabwe in 1957. She showed artistic talent from a very early age, winning many local competitions. She embarked on a full time career in art in 1980. Over 35 years she has established a formidable reputation in portraying South African wildlife and birds in oils, pastels and watercolours. She has also captured the majesty of South Africa in landscapes and seascapes. Her work is constantly in demand from art galleries throughout Eastern and Southern Africa.

The artist now lives with her husband Piet, also an artist, in Port Alfred in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa where they run an art gallery and she continues to paint full time. Their daughter is the well known wildlife artist Jennefer Ann Gordon Grant.

Work by Dieuwie Holthuysen is highly sought after and fetches high prices. A very good gallery of her work is displayed on www.SouthAfricanArtists.com where her paintings typically fetch in the price range US$500-750.

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