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Hans FransenHis Work; His Life

by Jozef Smit2012

1931-1955“The waves of artistic creativity introduced by the Renaissance

and Baroque eras”

1931 - 1955Amsterdam

Hans Fransen2006

Aerial photograph of Amsterdam in Old Towns and Villages of the Cape, Jonathan Ball, Cape Town, 2006

1955-1959“The life of a colonial land-surveyor must have been both an

arduous and an adventurous one.”

1955 - 1958Survey Assistant, Department of Water Affairs

Cape Town Harbour, Cape Town c.1955 The South African Railways and Harbours Publicity and Travel DepartmentsHiltonT@Flickr

The South African Railways and Harbours Publicity and Travel DepartmentsHiltonT@Flickr

Pretoria City Hall, Pretoria c.1955


Magoebaskloof, Old Transvaal c.1955 The South African Railways and Harbours Publicity and Travel DepartmentsHiltonT@Flickr


Union Buildings, Pretoria c.1955 The South African Railways and Harbours Publicity and Travel DepartmentsHiltonT@Flickr

1958 - 1960Press and Cultural Affairs Assistant, French Embassy, Pretoria and Cape Town



Kronendal, Hout Bay c.1959

Hans Fransen1959


Rhone, Franschhoek 1959

1960 -1969”The most beautiful street in our country, Dorp Street?”

Cape Town Foreshore c. 1965 The South African Railways and Harbours Publicity and Travel DepartmentsHiltonT@Flickr

1960 - 1962Editorial Assistant and Proof Reader, Die Burger


1960 - 1962Editorial Assistant and Proof Reader, Die Burger

Cape Town Foreshore Proposals c.1947

1962 - 1964Acting Curator, Michaelis Collection

Hans Fransen1962

Wupperthal werf 1962

Hans and Marie Anneen Fransen on their wedding day in 1963

1962 - 1964Acting Curator, Michaelis Collection

Hand Fransen1965

The Old Houses of the Cape (co-author: Dr Mary Cook), A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1965

1965 - 1969Curator, Stellenbosch Museum

Hans Fransen1966


Stellenbosch at its most Picturesque c.1860

Hans Fransen1966


Drawings of Willemstad in 1648 and Cape Town in 1660

Stellenbosch Museum Christmas Cards Jozef Smit2012


Willem Malherbe2012


Hans Fransen together with Willem Malherbe documenting Moravian Hill before the demolition of District Six

Jozef Smit2012

The Architectural Beauty of the Cape as seen by Arthur Elliott, A. A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1969.


Cape ArchivesE8382


Plate 24: Front of Saasveld, Cape Town

Cape ArchivesE1971


Plate 28: Burial Vault at Oranjezicht, Cape Town

Cape ArchivesE5803


Plate 31: Cottage at Bichopscourt, Cape Town

Cape ArchivesE1593

Plate 91: Gateway to Poultry yard, Parel Vallei


Willem Malherbe1969


The earthquake struck Tulbagh at 22h04 on 29 September 1969

Jihan Kuus1974


The opening of Church Street on 14 March 1974

1970 -1979”many minds thinking about matters that had never been

questioned before”

1970 - 1974Curator, Groot Constantia

Hans Fransen1971

The Cape Chair / Die Kaapse Stoel, Stellenbosch Museum, Stellenbosch, 1970

The Oaks (Hartebeeskraal), near Greyton 1971


Hans Fransen1971

Hans Fransen1971



Jozef Smit2010


The Oaks (Hartebeeskraal), South Facade, 2010

Jozef Smit2010


The Oaks (Hartebeeskraal), North Facade, 2010

Jozef Smit2012


Groot Constantia, Cape Town 1972

1975 - 1980Assistant Director, S.A. National Gallery

Christo Botha1979

Discover Historical Stellenbosch / Ontdek Historiese Stellenbsch (co-author: Christo Botha), HAUM, Stellenbosch, 1979

Discover Historical Stellenbosch


Christo Botha1979

Christo Botha1979

Discover Historical Stellenbosch


1980 -1989“The new amidst the old”

1980 - 1989Senior Lecturer History of Art, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg

Hans Fransen1971

The Old Buildings of the Cape (co-author: Dr Mary Cook), A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1981

Drie Eeue Kuns in Suid-Afrika, Anreith, Scottsville, 1981 Hans Fransen1971



Three Centuries of South African Art, Donker, Johannesburg, 1982

Hans Fransen1988


Chapter: Architecture: The new amidst the old, J. Laband and R Haswell (editors), Pietermaritzburg 1838-1988, Pietermaritzburg 1988

1990 -1999In South Africa we have a constant interaction of different

influences”

Old Townhouse, home of the Michaelis Collection

1990 - 1999Director, Michaelis Collection

Cape ArchivesE1968


Michaelis Collection, Frans Hals Room


Michaelis Collection, Waanders, Zwolle, 1997A Cape Camera, Jonathan Ball, Johannesburg, 1994

2001 -“This may be our last chance”

Knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau

2001 -Author, Heritage Practitioner

Hans Fransen2004


The Old Buildings of the Cape, Jonathan Ball, Cape Town, 2004

Hans Fransen2004



Hans Fransen with fellow VASSA members John Kramer2005


The Old Towns and Villages of the Cape, Jonathan Ball, Cape Town, 2006 Hans Fransen2006


Dphil, Honoris Causa, University of Stellenbosch, 2008 University of Stellenbosch Annual Report2008


Hans Fransen2009

Erik Laubser - a Life in Art, SMAC Gallery, Stellenbosch, 2009



Martiens van Bart2011

Hans Fransen, Heritage Conservationist

Hans Fransen in conversation with Andre van Graan at Languedoc during an outing to Paarl, 2011 Skottie Smit2011


Kari Longman2011


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