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Helen Martins. Outer appearances can be deceiving. In life, Helen Elizabeth Martins was a shy, retiring figure, rarely seen outside on the streets of Nieu Bethesda. But this recluse was the custodian of a magical inner kingdom that she breathed into life.
The Owl House is a museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The owner, Helen Martins, turned her house and the area around it into a visionary environment, elaborately decorated with ground glass and containing more than 300 concrete sculptures including owls, camels, peacocks, pyramids, and people.
- Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Weird to some, wonderful to others, the Owl House is a work of outsider art created by Helen Martins between 1945 and 1976. Driven to despair by the dullness of her daily life, she took steps to transform her world with light, colour and texture. Read More.
23-December-1897. Date of Death: 08-August-1976. Gender: Female. Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape. She was the youngest of six children and spent her childhood growing up in Nieu Bethesda.
1 de fev. de 2018 · Culture Desk. A Visit to South Africa’s Strange, Astonishing Owl House. By Rosa Lyster. February 1, 2018. The Owl House, built by the reclusive South African artist Helen Martins, is...
15 de ago. de 2017 · Helen Martins, an outsider or self-taught Artist and Owner of Owl House, turned her parents’ House and the yard into a “visionary environment” after they passed. Martins created the Owl House between the years of 1945 and 1976 with the attempt to bring light, colour and life into the House .
13 de jun. de 2018 · Photo by David Sorich, via Flickr. Advertisement. Martins was born in 1897 in Apartheid-era South Africa, the youngest of six children. Her family was financially comfortable, and Martins went on to study to become a teacher and marry Johannes Pienaar, an educator and dramatist.
