Notes

cf.  Harco Wenning. (1976) My Father, Cape Town: Howard Timmins.  Another aspect of these buildings, with the title 'Gabled Farmhouse', is illustrated on page 131.

Pieter Wenning visited the Cape between March and September 1917, as documented by DC Boonzaier in his diary.¹ The artist took a studio at the Vineyard Hotel. On 14 June they met when Wenning informed him that he had produced nine paintings in Constantia. Most of them were landscapes but it is possible that this view of the Jonkershuis was painted then. According to The Studio Special Winter Issue 1916-1917, “… the people of SA are slowly beginning to realize that they have in him a master of rare charm and ability”.²

1. J. du P. Scholtz (1973) D.C. Boonzaier en Pieter Wenning: Verslag van ‘n Vriendskap, Cape Town: Tafelberg. Page 46.

2. Esmé Berman (1983) Art and Artists of South Africa, updated edition, Cape Town: AA Balkema. Page 495.

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