Notes

Executed a week after he turned twenty, this painting is one of Meintjes' very first oils

Johannes Meintjes, Dagboek I, 26 May 1943, page 51:

"Ek voel nuwe kragte in my opstoot. Die lus vir werk neem daagliks toe. Vanmiddag het ek aan drie skilderye gewerk.  Een is 'n reëntoneel (Aandreën in Kaapstad) waaraan ek al weke lank werk.  Daar is geen groter vreugde as om te kan skilder nie."
 

"I feel new powers rising in me.  The desire for work increases daily.  This afternoon I worked on three paintings.  One is a rain scene (Evening Rain in Cape Town) on which I have been working on for weeks.  There is no greater joy than to paint."

Provenance

The Collection of Gerrit Bakker, whose bookshop Meintjes assisted, in Johannesburg, after completion of his studies.  Aandreën in Kaapstad is the only Meintjes painting ever owned by Gerrit Bakker

Literature

Johannes Meintjes, Dagboek 1, 26 May 1943, page 51