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Citroen, in the northern and eastern Cape. If he had to work (and he did) this was as close
to an ideal job as he could get. He had to travel a lot – often out in the veld he loved. The

job was not onerous – giving him time for his art, and, as important, it brought him in to
contact with women, especially young attractive ones! There are dozens of photos of Eddie

over the years– and in a lot of them a pretty young girl hovers nearby.

It was at about this time, during the 1950s, that his art became public and Eduard Ladan the

artist appeared. His output over the next three decades, the 60s to the late 80s, was
prodigious. He held 10 solo exhibitions between 1964 and 1989 (listed below), was Art

Critic on the Cape Times and Argus, and in 1983 was appointed to SABC Radio and TV
Advisory Board.

 1964 Gallery 101 Johannesburg: monotypes
 1965 Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town: found objects, paintings and monotypes

 1966 Gallery 101 Johannesburg: nail mosaics

 1969 Brevan Gallery, Cape Town: nail mosaics

 1972 Die Kunskamer, Cape Town: mixed media and monotypes
 1973 Gallery 66, Worcester: monotypes, mixed media, nails

 1973 Bellville Gallery: mixed media

 1974 Gallery International, Cape Town: nail mosaics
 1980 Gallery International, Cape Town: sculptures

 1989 Chelsea Gallery, Wynberg: bronzes

His first solo exhibition in 1964 at Gallery 101 was a success and he sold 17 of 21

monotypes. He had been introduced to the monotype technique by an artist friend, Wren
Sargent, with whom he’d shared a house in the 50s. The technique involves the transfer of

colour from stone, glass or metal to paper, only one print being made. His preference for