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Hugo Naudé

South African 1869-1941 


Hugo Naudé can be regarded as a quintessential South African impressionist and although he planned to specialise in portraiture after his academic training at the Slade School of Art in London in 1891, followed by the Kunstakademie in Munich. He achieved much more success with his plein air landscapes, often completed in a single sitting and retaining a characteristic sense of spontaneity.

Esmé Berman describes how his work developed from a more academic style in his portraits, where “tone was all important, brushstrokes were masked and plastic volumes smoothly modelled by means of gentle transitions from light to dark”, to a looser style with more individualised brushwork, freer composition, sun-drenched colour and a focus on “the natural abundance of the verdant countryside around him”.1 Some of his most popular paintings are of Namaqualand in spring, when the brilliantly coloured wildflowers carpet the landscape in vivid yellows and oranges. Although he travelled extensively in Southern Africa on painting expeditions, he lived in Worcester in the Western Cape for almost all his life, and his house and garden became a community art centre after his death.

His work is included in the collections of the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, the Pretoria Art Museum, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the William Humphreys Gallery in Kimberley, the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, and the Durban Art Gallery among others.

1. Esmé Berman (1983) Art & Artists of South Africa, Cape Town: AA Balkema, page 304.

357 lots offered      76.19% sold      ZAR 39 408 614
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Hugo Naudé; Farm, Worcester
4 Jun 2018
ZAR 100 000 - 150 000
 
Hugo Naudé; A Bridge by Night
7 May 2018
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Sketchbook
9 Apr 2018
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Palmiet River
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 79 576
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Palmiet River and Sea
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 130 732
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Washerwomen
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 272 832
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Silverfontein, Namakwaland
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 568 400
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; From Botha's Halt
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 136 416
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Mountain Landscape
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 227 360
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Snow-capped Mountains
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 102 312
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Brandwag
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 85 260
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hugo Naudé; Old Gates at Paarl
13 Nov 2017
ZAR 70 000 - 100 000
 

Results in green indicate post sales.