Rain in a Kloof (Ravine) (JM 937)

Provenance

Mrs. San Steyn, Irene.

By descent to a private collection, Pretoria.

Private Collection, Cape Town.

Exhibited

Gallery 101, Johannesburg, Exhibition of Paintings by Johannes Meintjes, 10 to 21 March 1969, cat. no. 3.

Literature

Johannes Meintjes (1967) Die Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes Deel VIII (Diary of Johannes Meintjes Part VIII), 20 August 1964 to 4 September 1967, unpaginated, unpublished manuscript.

Richard Cheales (1969) The Star, Meintjes Moods More Mature, 11 March.

No Author (1969) The Star, Johannes Meintjes, the Cape Artist, is Exhibiting at Gallery 101, 13 March.

Claude van Lingen (1969) Die Transvaler, Meintjes se Werk is Romanties en Digterlik, 14 March.

H E W (1969) Rand Daily Mail, Nostalgic Touch, 18 March.

L M De Waal and M R J Opperman (2024) Johannes Meintjes (1923-1980) Diaries - Synopsis. African Sun Media: Stellenbosch, illustrated on page 265.

 ‘Even in the delightful and interesting little landscape "Rain in (the) Kloof", one senses this curious nostalgic touch’. 

H E W (1969) Rand Daily Mail, Nostalgic Touch, 18 March

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Gallery 101, Johannesburg, Exhibition of Paintings by Johannes Meintjes, where the present lot was exhibited in 1969.

“Completed two successful paintings: Rock Landscape with Bird and Reclining Figure in the Mountains. Like Rain in a Kloof and one or two others, these works are as usual an expression of my state of mind over the past few months - but fairly dark.”– Johannes Meintjes 

Die Dagboek van Johannes Meintjes Deel VIII (Diary of Johannes Meintjes Part VIII), 20 August 1964 - 4 September 1967. Unpublished manuscript