Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection, Evening Sale
Live Virtual Auction, 22 November 2022
Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection Live Auction
About the SessionMatthys Strydom was a true connoisseur of South African art. As director of the well-known Strydom Gallery in George for more than 30 years, he was responsible for the selection of a wide variety of prime art works from all over the country for the annual exhibitions. The Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection offered by Strauss & Co gives collectors and art lovers the chance to become part of this great selection from the art history of our country.
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About this Item
signed and dated 24
Notes
“As Durbaniet het [Sénèque] verskeie sketse, grafiese werke en skilderye van bote en die hawe gemaak, as ook landskappe van die omgewing. Ek is egter meeste beïndruk deur die Alpeskilderye wat hy tydens sy wittebroodvakansie in Frankryk gemaak het. Die selfversekerde kwaswerk in ons skildery Dorpie aan die voet van die Alpe (lot 231), het my dadelik getref. Geen getjommel met die kwas nie. En mens kry die indruk dat hy spontaan die regte kleure gekies het om die atmosfeer was te lê. Ook die oorweldigende massiwiteit van die berg teenoor die huisies daaronder – verstommende perspektiewe wat my laat voel dat hy die nietigheid van die bewoners wat nêrens verskyn nie, aangevoel het. Dieselfde kan ek sê van Alpedorpie (lot 232) wat hy by dieselfde geleentheid geskilder het – kleiner maar net so groots. Ander kleure, ander atmosfeer, maar net so indrukwekkend en met dieselfde behaaglikheid vir my. Wat ek veral waardeer omdat ek self nooit daar was, en waarskynlik nie sal kom nie.”
“As a Durbanite, [Sénèque] made several sketches, graphic works and paintings of boats and the harbour, as well as landscapes of the area. However, I am most impressed by the Alpine paintings he made during his honeymoon in France. The confident brushwork in our painting Dorpie aan die Voet van die Alpe (lot 231) struck me immediately. No fiddling with the brush. And one gets the impression that he spontaneously chose the right colours to set the atmosphere. Also, the overwhelming massiveness of the mountain against the houses below – amazing perspectives that make me feel that he sensed the insignificance of the inhabitants who do not appear anywhere. I can say the same about Alpedorpie (lot 232), which he painted on the same occasion – smaller but just as grand. Different colours, different atmosphere, but just as impressive, I think, with the same pleasure. Which I especially appreciate because I have never been there, and probably never will.” —Dr Matthys J Strydom, 2021
Provenance
Dr Matthys Johannes Strydom Family Collection.
Literature
Matthys Strydom (2021) Nog Stories Teen My Muur, George: LW Hiemstra Trust, illustrated in colour on page 24.
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