FRANS Martin CLAERHOUT (SA 1919 - 2006)
Painting mixed media Frans Claerhout mix-256 image size 42-59 cm framed. Frame size 79-96 cm
Mixed media: pastel, oil, on the artistic paper signed, African figures mother and children on the house holding.
We believe that this painting is a good example of typical mix painting by F.Claerhout - during his prime creative years. It is a typical composition with continuous straight line technique until such time as the idea he in mind was duly represented in his unique expression style. In the finished article he hardly ever repeated his charcoal strokes over drawings over the same spot. The main elements of his paintings (drawings?!) are of a bold style depicting hands, head, houses, flowers and the body. This was our summary after having watched him at work in his studio years several years ago.
EXHIBITION Blmfont.Exhib.1960:Secend Quad of SA Art;1961 one-man exhib.throw Country. 1964:Third Quad of SA Art;1966 Repp. Fest Exhib Pta Art Muis. 10th Anniv.Blmftn.1978/79 Art touring USA 1979:Prestige Exhib.Pta Art Mus. 1980/94 regul. Exhib.Belgum and all over the Country
PUBLIC COLLECTION SA Nat.Gal.CT William Humphreys Gal. Kmbly AC White Gal Blmftn;Hester Rupert Mus.GR Univ of Wits Gals.Jhb.Pta Art Mus.Rand Afrik Univ.Murals in mission churches in Blmftn. Edenburg,Potchefstroom.Schweizer-Reneke, Witzieshoek and lot of the private collect.
For over 25 years we have been associated with Frans Claerhout and kept very close contact and good relation with him. We have bought many art works and have made many prints from Frans Claerhout art works. F.Claerhout himself sold some of our prints of his art work images from his studio. We also received an order from him for making prints for his special projects.
We have a question for certification of fine art
This our response
We only give invoices for any item sold by us on the Bidorbuy auction. We do not issue any certificate; similar to other established Fine Auction Houses in South Africa. In future, if you want to sell paintings through an established Fine Art Auction House, they would have their own specialists who establish the authenticity of the art and don’t consider certificates from unknown and unqualified sources. We have seen number of paintings with different certification which we simply refuse to accept for sale. The reason being that they don’t meet our view of F.Claerhout’s fine art, in our opinion. We believe that, to avoid making wrong choice in purchasing F.Claerhout art works, it is necessary to have at least the art work one of the books of F.Claerhout, or even more than one, or visit a library. These sources give you a much clearer idea as to the appearances of the paintings of F.Claerhout. You thus have to decide yourself. You definitely shouldn’t believe that any certificate guarantees you the validity of everything it purports to - but that is your choice. We believe that proper certification of fine art is essential, and that it will validate the product over and above any other product and requires a totally different approach. The person responsible has to be highly qualified, with a minimum academic education and proof of any qualification(s). He should be recognized by the art world market, have lot of experience in this field (including in-depth knowledge of particular artists and their techniques, knowledge of the art of analysis and methods as well as their originality). He also should be recognized by the leading Auction Houses on the market. The assessment of fine art is a time-consuming and expensive process, without even mentioning the fee of such an expert. For this reason, only the big Auction Houses can afford this practice and only when the painting is expensive thus worthwhile.
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