The Hester Rupert Art Museum(1821) is a beautiful building on the main road in Graaff Reinet, with some wonderful works of art. Do not miss this museum if you are in the town.
The Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff Reinet
The Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff Reinet
Door handles in The Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff Reinet
Yellow wood floors in The Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff Reinet
Boonzaier, ‘Malay Quarter with White Chimney’, 1962Frans Claerhout, ‘The Renounced’, 1965Maud Sumner, ‘Namib Moon’Eben Leibbrandt, ‘Concrete Root’The Hester Rupert Art Museum
Dr Anton Rupert (1916-2006), an extraordinary man,was born in Graaff Reinet and became a hugely successful businessman with strong interests and commitments to philanthropy in the arts, conservation, and society.
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