Rust en Vreugd
Rust en Vreugd stands in Cape Town as a historic house built between 1777 and 1778. Willem Cornelis Boers commissioned it as a high-ranking official of the Dutch East India Company.
Its position at Cape Town’s former outer limits connects it with Buitenkant, the street named for that edge. Ornate gables, thatched roofs, and whitewashed walls mark its Cape Dutch style. The Dutch Reformed Church acquired the house in 1878, giving it a new educational role as a teachers’ training college. It later became home to Cape Town High School from 1925 to 1957. Restoration in the early 1960s converted the building into gallery space, followed by another restoration in 1993 and later accessible facilities.
The gallery presents paper artworks from the William Fehr collection, including watercolours, prints, and drawings. Their delicate materials mean that only a selection appears at any one time.
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