BEN MACALA (SA 1938-1997) SIGNED Prime Work in charcoal and pastel -"DO NOT MISS THIS ONE"

Authenticated Ben Macala, Signed, Prime Work, Charcoal and Pastel.

Ben Macala. Charcoal and pastels, prime work. I have been researching and have not found any Ben Macala that really has the characteristics that this one does.  We have added a small biography of the artist at the bottom of the page for anyone interested.

Painting 43.5cm x 63cm

Frame 48cm x 69cm (between two glass sheets surrounded by the frame.
 

Authenticity guaranteed and proof thereof available. If 'certificate' required, would be at cost of the buyer.  (The cost of a "certificate" is based on the value of the painting.  Same as items like jewellery or persian carpets etc.)

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Benjamin Mzimkulu (Ben) Macala, SA ( 1938 - 1997) spent part of his youth in the countryside and later grew up as a member of an urbanized black community in Gauteng.

He started his art career in 1965 and although largely self-taught, he from time to time worked with fellow artist, now the very great Grandmaster Ephraim Mojale Ngatane. He also attended classes under Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie.

Ben Macala was in Greece from 1980 to 1985. His Romanesque figure studies were really popular on mainland Greece and the Islands. It was there unfortunately that this SA Master succumbed to alcholism. On his return to South Africa his works became amorphous and lacked the typical Romanesque shaping and the pastel shading did not have the same hues of colour of his earlier (blue period) works.