Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 October 2017
Evening Sale
Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 68 208
About this Item
South African 1913-1994
Montagu Mountains
signed and dated 88
oil on canvas
70 by 91cm excluding frame
Notes
"Krige would set out in the early morning to paint landscape scenes around Montagu [...] He loved hiking and swimming in the mountain streams and knew the fauna and flora of the Cape ranges intimately. His paintings of the mountains around Montagu show an acute understanding of nature, of how the rock was formed, twisted and contorted. His brushstrokes appear to take cognisance of the violent volcanic disturbances which once thrust the rock in different directions." Justin Fox. (2000) The Life and Art of Francois Krige, Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press. Page 94.
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