Impression/Expression: from Hugo Naudé to Georgina Gratrix
Live Virtual Auction, 14 September 2021
Impression/Expression and Wine
Lot Estimate
ZAR 700 000 - 1 000 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 967 300
About this Item
South African 1869-1941
Namaqualand Flowers and Quiver Tree
signed; inscribed with the artist's name on the reverse
oil on canvas
60 by 73cm excluding frame; 79,5 by 91,5 by 5,5cm including frame
Notes
"It is somehow always springtime in Naudé’s canvases: the veld blooms, the sky is clear, the river ripples by. He chose the picturesque views and revelled in the brilliant splash of wildflowers carpeting the valleys, but he concentrated on capturing the general atmosphere rather than on defining detail. The charm of his work lies in their bracing, open air freshness as much as prettiness of content. A sense of composition, stemming from the disciplines of formal training (at the Slade in London and the Kunstakademie in Munich), secures the underlying structure of the picture even when the scene dissolves in coloured flecks of sketchy paint."
Esmé Berman
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