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Hugo Naudé

South African 1869-1941 


Hugo Naudé can be regarded as a quintessential South African impressionist and although he planned to specialise in portraiture after his academic training at the Slade School of Art in London in 1891, followed by the Kunstakademie in Munich. He achieved much more success with his plein air landscapes, often completed in a single sitting and retaining a characteristic sense of spontaneity.

Esmé Berman describes how his work developed from a more academic style in his portraits, where “tone was all important, brushstrokes were masked and plastic volumes smoothly modelled by means of gentle transitions from light to dark”, to a looser style with more individualised brushwork, freer composition, sun-drenched colour and a focus on “the natural abundance of the verdant countryside around him”.1 Some of his most popular paintings are of Namaqualand in spring, when the brilliantly coloured wildflowers carpet the landscape in vivid yellows and oranges. Although he travelled extensively in Southern Africa on painting expeditions, he lived in Worcester in the Western Cape for almost all his life, and his house and garden became a community art centre after his death.

His work is included in the collections of the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, the Pretoria Art Museum, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the William Humphreys Gallery in Kimberley, the Albany Museum in Grahamstown, and the Durban Art Gallery among others.

1. Esmé Berman (1983) Art & Artists of South Africa, Cape Town: AA Balkema, page 304.

384 lots offered      73.96% sold      ZAR 40 949 243

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Hugo Naudé; Brandwag Mountains, Worcester, Cape
Brandwag Mountains, Worcester, Cape
21 Oct 2025
Current bid ZAR 30 000
Hugo Naudé; Seascape
Seascape
21 Oct 2025
Starting at ZAR 15 000
Hugo Naudé; Mountain Landscape
Mountain Landscape
20 Oct 2025
Starting at ZAR 40 000
Hugo Naudé; Lake Como
Lake Como
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 128 975
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Hugo Naudé; Sunset, Bishopscourt
Sunset, Bishopscourt
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 100 000
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Hugo Naudé; Silver Trees at Kirstenbosch, Cape
Silver Trees at Kirstenbosch, Cape
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 180 000
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Hugo Naudé; Namaqualand, Springtime
Namaqualand, Springtime
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 369 680
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Hugo Naudé; The Valley of a Thousand Hills
The Valley of a Thousand Hills
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 49 245
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Hugo Naudé; Afternoon Gold, Keeromsberg
Afternoon Gold, Keeromsberg
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 105 525
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Hugo Naudé; Tamatiebank Hermanus
Tamatiebank Hermanus
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 80 000
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Hugo Naudé; Grinding the Mielies
Grinding the Mielies
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 149 494
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Hugo Naudé; Namaqualand Flowers
Namaqualand Flowers
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 69 999
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