Arthur Edward Cantrell South African 1917 - 1998)
Arthur Edward Cantrell - Watercolour on Card.
South African Master Artist.
Title : " Paris Street Scene" Figures and Buildings
Signed by Artist in pencil and Dated 1957 in pencil.
Condition of Watercolour is Excellent.
Selling Unframed.
Size of Watercolour : 36.5cm x 19.5cm
ARTHUR EDWARD CANTRELL
Born 19/10/1917 – 19/06/1998
Arthur Cantrell was born in Kalaw, Upper Burma, in 1917. Schooling followed normal English expatriate lines, with Arthur mainly keen to be outside and developing his own talent for sculpture, abstract drawing and painting. He was always fond of colour and its juxtaposition in abstraction – similar to a more “organic” Mandarin. Yet Arthur conducted his work, whether it be painting or sculpture, with great simplicity. Indeed just as he lived his life.
It was his prowess as a metalworker and sculptor that kept Arthur in work and funds after he settled in South Africa in 1936. During the war he fought in the North African campaign as a bomb navigator. After the war he again traveled widely before settling back in South Africa and becoming a full time artist in 1952. He married artist Fayette Varney shortly after this. In 1959 he published a portfolio of prints called “Johannesburg Sketch Book” in which were detailed drawings of the then prominent architecture and buildings. These prints were hand coloured for effect and showed Arthur’s talent for pen and ink draughtmanship and perspective.
Arthur is a link to the early fifties and the general optimism (he was an eternal optimist) which pervaded at the time. Art from the St Ives School in England was bold in line and colour and cubist abstraction. Arthur gave it an African identity. Arthur painted mainly still lives, clusters of buildings, landscapes and boats with few, if any, figurative works.
He held numerous exhibitions internationally, both group and solo and has held over 20 exhibitions throughout South Africa.
Most of the major municipal galleries have works from Cantrell in addition to The National Gallery in Cape Town.
Public commissions include a crucifixion triptych in wood and metal for the Chapel Amador in Funchal, Madeira and palace gates for the Royal Palace in Lesotho.
Cantrell’s work can be found in the following collections:
SOUTH AFRICAN:
Telkom, SA Breweries, Polysius Krupp, Anglo American, Volkskas Bank, Constantia Mining, South African Airways, Mmbatho Sun, Afrikaner Museum in Johannesburg, Bloemfontein Synagogue, John Sleisinger Private and public collection, United Bank Building in Main
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