`KNYSNA FOREST SECRET SKETCHES` BY WD DE VIGNON VAN ALPHEN, NO DUST JACKET

"KNYSNA FOREST SECRET SKETCHES" BY WD DE VIGNON VAN ALPHEN.

HARD COVER, NO DUST JACKET, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, GOOD CONDITION, APPROXIMATELY 50 PAGES.

De Vignon can Alphen's Knysna sketches represent a unique contribution to middle 19th century art in South Africa, yet they are hardly known today. De Vignon can Alphen was a strong individualistic and since he was late follower of Romantic School, his sketches with their poetic, even mystical appeal, differ fundamentally from the work of all his South African contemporaries, who often preferred a rather dry, down-to-earth realism.