David Botha: Wet street scene, Paarl - SOLD
David Botha
Wet street scene, Paarl - 1982
Oil on canvasboard
41 x 51 cm
Signed and dated bottom left
Sold - 2010
Born David Johannes Botha, 16 December 1921, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape
Died 8 August 1995 at the age of 73, Paarl, Western Cape
David Botha is considered to be a second generation follower of Cape Impressionism, continuing the stylistic tradition that was established by Naudé, Wenning and Spilhaus. Botha’s most sought after works are his paintings of the typical Cape winter ‘wet street scenes’ - usually painted on site in Paarl and Stellenbosch. These oil paintings are typically filled with white-washed houses and dark bare oak trees, outlined in black, and etched against a grey winter sky.
Botha qualified as an art teacher at the Cape Town Teachers Training College in 1941, and later studied at the Camberwell School of Art in London in 1950. He continued his art education by travelling and studying in France, Italy and Spain at this time. He was employed as an art teacher at various high schools in Paarl from 1946 until 1979.
David Botha was both a painter and a graphic artist, with subject matter ranging from landscapes and seascapes to still life compositions. Botha’s paintings successfully capture the atmosphere of typical Boland towns and landscapes, and have found wide popular appeal.
Bibliography:
Esmé Berman, Art and Artists of South Africa, Cape Town, 1983, p 69
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