Notes

Wenning spent from the second week in March 1919 to April 23, 1919 in Nelspruit: In a letter dated 3 April 1919 he writes to DC Boonzaier that since his previous letter of 14 days earlier he has completed five or six works some of which he regards as particularly good "one is an entirely new and I think very true colour scheme”. Daarvan gee hy ook ‘n nuwe penskets, hier gereproduseer op bl.71. “It was one of those tropical days, the foreground light banana-plants, young and vigorous, to the left strong, light green; to the right you see mango-trees of a much deeper green and deep purple shadows. The foreground is a pattern of very light yellow sand, with purplish blue-grey shadows, all definite, light and strong. The house in the distance, reed-covered; the bit of sky greyish blue; an entirely new conception altogether and I was very pleased with it myself, if I may say so.”He includes a pen sketch of the painting J du P Scholtz, DC Boonzaier and Pieter Wenning “Verslag Van ‘n Vriendskap, Cape Town, 1973, page 71. The pen sketch is also illustrated on this page.