1987 Phil Minnaar Cold Cast Bronze Bust Of Danie Theron (Boer War Icon). Signed. 19cm.
A cold cast bronze bust of Boer War hero Danie Theron by renowned SA scultor Phil Minnaar. In good condition with superb detail. "Danie Theron" inscribed to the base. Signed by the artist and dated '87 to the back. Kindly see images above for more detail.
Phil Minnaar, was one of South Africa's top sculptors and world renown for his monumental works at Sol Kerzner's Lost City. He was sculpting portrait busts of General Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Sir Redvers Buller and Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts augmenting the already existing series of busts of Boer Generals.
Phil Minnaar had been sculpting for 25 years and had done some 110 portrait busts of famous South Africans. Some of the most beautiful busts made by this artist are those of De Wet, De la Rey, Beyers, Leyds, Paul Kruger, Steyn, Reitz, Emily Hobhouse and Danie Theron.
Phil Minnaar sadly passed away in March 2014.
Cold-cast bronze, also known as bonded bronze, is a mixture of resin and bronze powder. Sculptures made of cold-cast bronze are created by pouring the resin/bronze mixture directly into a mould.
Courtesy of Wikepedia : Captain Daniël Johannes Stephanus Theron (9 May 1872 5 September 1900) was a Boer military officer, teacher and lawyer best known for his service during the Second Boer War. Born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, he was raised in Bethlehem, South African Republic. Originally intending to become a schoolteacher, Theron instead became a lawyer and notary with his own law firm in Krugersdorp. After the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899, he joined the Boer commandos where he was responsible for the formation of a bicycle infantry formation.
During the conflict, Theron was placed in command of Theron's Reconnaissance Corps (TVK), a reconnaissance unit named after him. He fought at the battles of Paardeberg and Spion Kop, where in response to his actions British commander Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts described Theron as "the hardest thorn in the flesh of the British advance" and placed a bounty on his head. In 1900, Theron was killed in action in a skirmish against men of Marshall's Horse.
Size : 19 x 13cm
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