Donald Grant
The Voice of Africa
About the SessionSpanning 4 centuries of global art history, The International Sale, presents 127 exceptional lots by artists from 27 countries across five continents. The auction highlights masterworks ranging from 17th century European paintings to post-2000 editions by contemporary artist's such as Mr Brainwash (lot 51), Jim Dine (lots 83-86), Isaac Julien (lot 108), Jeff Koons (45), and Lucas Samaras (lot 107 and 110). The sale is anchored by important pieces from Georg Baselitz, Erik Laubscher, Shirin Neshat, and a newly repatriated 1935 portrait by Irma Stern.
The auction's diversity is driven by rare museum-quality highlights, led by Irma Stern's Two Women (lot 31), which returns to South Africa after decades in a Berlin private collection. It is joined by Erik Laubscher's rare recto-verso painting Young Family / Construction (lot 48), an Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat photographic portrait linked to her award-winning Turbulent installation (lot 66), and a uniquely hand-coloured linocut by German master Georg Baselitz titled Das Pferd, Im Wald und auf der Heide Series (The Horse, in the Forest and on the Heath Series) (lot 72).
LOT 36
Donald Grant
The Voice of Africa
About this Item
signed and dated 88; inscribed with the artist's name, the title and medium on a label adhered to the reverse
Notes
Donald Grant was an English painter born in North Shields, Northumberland, who painted continuously throughout an early career as a shipbuilding draughtsman, illustrator, and designer for major brands such as Rolls Royce, Massey Ferguson, and Cadbury. Grant achieved significant acclaim in the 1960s with a series of oil paintings depicting hot-air balloons in flight, garnering early attention from the Royal Academy, before ultimately establishing himself as one of Britain's foremost wildlife artists. Renowned particularly for his scenes of the African savannah, Grant captured the delicate light, atmosphere, and inhabitants of the landscape in an intensely cinematic, realistic style while remaining a passionate advocate for nature conservation and animal welfare throughout his life.
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