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John Meyer

South African 1942- 


“One could say I’m obsessed with the magical properties of paint, with the process that allows for and unlocks the magic. It all depends on where you direct your energy … The complex layering of painterly tones, placed in apparently random order, creates the stage for a personal search. Here I indulge my need to escape from an increasingly intrusive world.” –John Meyer

John Meyer studied at the Johannesburg Technical College’s School of Art before working in advertising and as a freelance illustrator. He has maintained a considered commitment to representational painting and presents us with strikingly real illusions, all distinctly familiar, yet ultimately invented. They are imagined archetypes rather than specific events. His most recent ‘Sequential Narratives’ genre explores the complex currents of human relationships in series of separate but related views of the same reaction.

Other series include Lost in the Dust, fifteen works set during the Anglo Boer War; Mandela, a Life’s Journey, sixteen works on the life of Nelson Mandela; Elizabeth, A Sovereign’s Journey, eleven paintings on the life of Queen Elizabeth II; Migrations, exploring the journeys of the various peoples who immigrated to South Africa; and an as yet untitled series on the looming global climate crisis.

Meyer has exhibited extensively both locally and internationally and his work is included in the following collections: Anglo American, Johannesburg; ARA Services, Philadelphia; Cargill Inc, Minneapolis; ExxonMobil, Dallas; Lloyds, London; Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Cape Town; and Standard Bank, Johannesburg.

Adapted from the artist's website https://www.johnmeyerpaintings.com, accessed 7 September 2021.


105 lots offered      84.76% sold      ZAR 28 891 855

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John Meyer; From the New World
From the New World
30 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 80 000
John Meyer; Before the Fourth Race
Before the Fourth Race
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 64 488
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John Meyer; The Blue Stoep
The Blue Stoep
16 Sep 2025
Sold for ZAR 56 280
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John Meyer; Tuna Fish
Tuna Fish
18 Aug 2025
Starting at ZAR 60 000
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John Meyer; City Late
City Late
24 Jun 2025
Sold for ZAR 58 625
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John Meyer; Landscape with Thorn Trees
Landscape with Thorn Trees
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 199 325
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John Meyer; Crossing Whiskey Spruit
Crossing Whiskey Spruit
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 369 680
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John Meyer; Broken Reed
Broken Reed
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 462 100
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John Meyer; Son and Heir
Son and Heir
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 158 288
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John Meyer; Near the Sprint
Near the Sprint
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 164 150
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John Meyer; Lake St Lucia
Lake St Lucia
27 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 200 000
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John Meyer; A Cause Lost
A Cause Lost
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 152 425
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