Herbert Evans Art Shop | Fourways Crossing William Nicol Dve, Sandton, Sandton, 2146, Gauteng

The origin of the company goes back more than 100 years to 1889 when Herbert Evans a young Welshman arrived in the bustling mining town of Johannesburg with a cart a ladder some paint brushes and a level of ambition matched only by his integrity Two years later he had founded Herbert Evans Proprietary Limited thus establishing his own paint manufacturing business Success followed and in 1910 Herbert Evans launched the first ready mixed colour paints in South Africa In 1915 Parthenon became the trademark of Herbert Evans Proprietary Limited the first of several milestones in his life which also included the development of a floor polish and a revolutionary best elastic carriage varnish that could accommodate the expansion and contraction of wooden carriage wheels and underworks