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Born in Brandfort, Orange Free State. He started his studies in architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand, then changed to art. He became a lecturer in Fine Art at the University of the Witwatersrand and later a full-time sculptor. Was a teacher at the University of the Witwatersrand School of Architecture in 1933. He was a noted artist for the embellishment of buildings and did many bas relief panels for banks, building societies etc. He married Johanna Francina Smuts (b. 1911) in Johannesburg on 8 December 1934, but they later divorced. Their marriage certificate gave his occupation as 'sculptor'. He died tragically by suicide at Swalkerskraal, district Knysna. See Die lewe en werk van W de S Hendrikz by Erica Marie du Toit, MA dissertation, Univ of Pretoria (2012 10 25). List of projects With photographs With notes
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