{"id":3779,"date":"2022-08-15T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2022-08-14T13:24:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T11:24:53","slug":"mimi-van-der-merwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelife.digital\/tl\/articles\/mimi-van-der-merwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mimi van der Merwe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mimi was born in 1934 and grew up in Malmsbury, Western Cape. After matric at Swartland High<\/em>, she obtained a BA in French and English literature at the University of Stellenbosch<\/em> and a diploma in Fine Arts. She then became a teacher at Hermanus High but eventually set her sight on Studying Art in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris called \u2026 and she answered<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mimi spread her wings in 1960 when she went to Brussels to study painting and etching at the Academy Royale<\/em>. It took two weeks to reach Europe by boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1961 she specialised in etching at Ecole des Beaux Arts<\/em> in Paris under Professor Bersier. She obtained a bursary from the French Government and honoured the bursary by obtaining a prestige award for her work in 1962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She came back to her beloved Cape town and taught at Basford School<\/em> and Zonnebloem School<\/em> in District 6<\/em>, Cape Town. With help from her family, she got her first etching press from The Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n