Gladys Mgudlandlu
House Beyond the Trees
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 56 840
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
South African 1925-1979
House Beyond the Trees
signed and dated 1961
gouache
36 by 49cm excluding frame
Notes
Elza Miles, (2002) Nomfanekiso, Who Paints at Night, Vlaeberg, Fernwood:
Gladys Mgudlandlu is one of the foremost exponents of Expressionism in South Africa. She was never exposed to the art of the schools of Expressionism in Europe as she never set foot outside South Africa. By day she was a school teacher, but at night she painted by the flickering light of a paraffin lamp in her 'township' house in Cape Town. She arrived at a pristine form of Expressionism that is deeply rooted in the still-uncharted field of indigenous culture.
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