Notes

In typical impressionist fashion, Hugo Naudé enjoyed painting en plein air. He travelled extensively by caravan to Namaqualand, the Drakensburg and even as far afield as the Victoria Falls. But it is the Namaqualand flowering landscapes that became the most recognizable and loved in his oeuvre. The two examples above were completed on the farm O'Okiep and were given by Naudé to the current owner's grandparents as a token of gratitude for accommodating him.

As declared by a press critic in 1904, "His brush is certainly drunk with sunshine...".¹ The impressionism for which Naudé became renowned was intuitive, rather than scientific, such as that of the French Impressionists of the late-19th century. "Naudé was not as much concerned", says Esmé Berman, "with the physical properties of light as with the sun-drenched colour, the fresh air and the natural abundance of the verdant countryside around him."²

1. Esmé Berman. (1983) Art & Artists of South Africa: An illustrated bibliographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors &
graphic artists since 1875, Cape Town: A. A. Balkema publishers. Page 303.
2. Ibid. Page 304.