Stanley Pinker

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| name = Stanley Pinker

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| birth_name = Stanley Pinker

| birth_date = 1924

| birth_place = Windhoek, South-West Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|6|16|1924|8|16}}

| death_place = Cape Town, South Africa

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| nationality = South African

| known_for = Painting, Drawing,, Printmaking

| training = Continental Art School, Cape Town (under Maurice van Essche)
Hammersmith School of Art, London (under Alistair Grant)

| movement =

| notable_works = Night (1964), oil, 152.5 x 91.5 cm
Death of a shepherd, oil, 136 x 136 cm, South African National Gallery

| patrons =

| awards = Molteno Medal (2001)

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Stanley Pinker (1924 – 16 June 2012) was a South African painter and printmaker.{{cite book|last=Berman|first=Esmé|title=Art and Artists of South Africa|year=1983|publisher=A. A. Balkema|location=Cape Town|isbn=0869611445|ol=25167933M|pages=335–336}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/seldsame-pinker-kom-onder-hamer-20140314|title=Seldsame Pinker kom onder hamer|website=Netwerk24}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/pinker-painting-fetches-cool-r34m-1663651|title=Pinker painting fetches cool R3.4m}}

In 2014, his canvas was sold for Rand 5.8m.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2014-03-18-sa-artists-canvas-sells-for-r58m/|title=SA artist's canvas sells for R5.8m}}

Awards and recognition

  • 2001: Molteno Medal{{Cite web| url=https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/pinker-touched-more-than-paint-brush-1328704 | title=Pinker touched more than paint brush | accessdate= 16 July 2024| publisher= Independent Online |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20220705194725/https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/pinker-touched-more-than-paint-brush-1328704 | archivedate= 5 July 2022}}

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