Pretoria Sale: Modern and Contemporary Art
Live Virtual Auction, 21 July 2024
Session 1
Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 000 000 - 1 500 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 577 625
About this Item
South African 1886-1957
Bushveld Landscape with Trees
signed and dated 42
oil on canvas
44 by 54,5cm excluding frame; 58,5 by 69 by 6cm including frame
Notes
His paintings are immaculate in drawing and colour. His linear design dominates the composition and to this thin colour is applied to emphasise the pattern, so that his paintings possess that classical austerity that is the strength of sound, clear line-work and dignified colour. Added to this is a most attractive simplification of form, until the essence of the scene is put before our eyes with confidence and clearness. The real virtue of his art lies in his power to say very clearly in simple line and colour something we have wanted to say very badly ourselves.
- Walter Battiss
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