PAUL POTGIETER!! (SA ARTIST 1917-1994) ORIGINAL ALOE LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING (44CM WIDE 69CM HIGH)

A LARGE (44CM WIDE 59CM HIGH) FRAMED ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING

BY FAMOUS SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST PAUL POTGIETER.

IT DEPICTS A LANDSCAPE SCENE

WITH A HIGHLY DETALED LARGE ALOE IN FOREGROUND.

IT MOST PROPABLY DATES FROM THE 1970S AS MOST OF HIS WORK DOES.

MARKINGS: SIGNED PAUL POTGIETER
 
PAUL POTGIETER (1917?-1994?):
PAUL POTGIETER WAS A WELL KNOWN AND TALENTED 20th CENTURY SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST. ALTHOUGH SCANT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE WAS BORN IN 1917 AND HAS PASSED AWAY IN 1994.
HIS PAINTINGS IS CHARACTERISED BY EXTENSIVE AND SKILLFUL USE OF OILS. HE PAINTED LANDSCAPES, STILL LIFE AND CITY SCENES OF MAINLY SOUTH AFRICAN SETTINGS WITH OCCASIONAL JAUNTS INTO FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHERE HE ESTABLISHED HIMSELF BY PORTRAYING A VARIETY OF SCENES ON EITHER CANVAS OR BOARD. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED ALOE PAINTINGS.
THE ARTISTS WORK IS SOLD TODAY AT AUCTIONS AND THROUGH PRIVATE DEALERS IN A VARIETY OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BUT HE REMAINS MOST WELL KNOWN IN THE LAND OF HIS BIRTH, SOUTH AFRICA.
Paul Potgieter's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 35 USD to 241 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is 241 USD for Landscape with Aloes sold at 5th Avenue Auctioneers in 2013. 
 
Size: FRAME AND PAINTING 44CM WIDE 59CM HIGH
PAINTING ONLY: 34CM WIDE 49CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: PAINTING IN GOOD CONDITION. FRAME IS MADE OF WOOD AND HAS SOME MINOR PAINT SCRAPES TO FRAME. NO GLASS IN FRONT. HANGING CORD AT BACK.
 

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