Notes

Moses Tladi, ever-focused on his natural surroundings, should be considered part of a remarkable group of landscape painters active in the first half of the 20th century on the rustic outskirts of Pretoria and Johannesburg. Alongside the likes of Erich Meyer, Sydney Carter, Gerard Sekoto and Henk Pierneef, there is little doubt that Tladi, thanks to his close sense of observation and unique way with light, made an enormous contribution to the pictorial histories of the Highveld. It is worth making a passing comparison to Pierneef in particular: not only did Tladi and Henk share a landscape, but aspects of their style – especially the gentle Divisionism – often overlapped.

Exhibited

Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Moses Tladi Unearthed, September 2015.

Literature

Angela Read Lloyd (2009) The Artist in the Garden: the Quest for Moses Tladi, Cape Town: Print Matters, illustrated in colour on page 175.