CHAS. E. PEERS - THE GATEWAY!
On offer this original pencil drawing by renowned and listed artist Charles E Peers, titled "The Gateway" and signed in the middle left corner of the drawing. It is framed in a black wooden frame, behind glass. This is an old piece of art, but in good condition with no visible foxing. With frame, it measures 47.2 x 37.2cm.
Charles Ernest Peers
Born 1875 Belfast, Northern Ireland. Died 1944 Higgovale, Cape Town.
Youth spent in Liverpool, where he recorded the shipping activity on the Mersey. Spent a brief period at the Liverpool School of Art. Came to South Africa in 1904 and settled in Cape Town.
Elected a member of the South African Society of Artists in 1905. Chairman of the South African Fine Arts Association. Winner of the Cape Times poster competition in 1924. Member of the South African Institute of Art 1926. Invited by the New Group to participate in their first exhibition in 1938, subsequently being elected President of the Group, an office he held until his death.
Made a living as a chromo-lithographer with various printing companies, including Galvin & Sales in Cape Town. Illustrated The Seven Wonders of South Africa by Hedley Chilvers and The Coast of Hermanus by Will Costello.
Produced a series of cigarette cards for the United Tobacco Company album Our Land / Ons Land (1939) and several illustrated calendars during the 1930s for the Vacuum Oil Company.
Worked mainly in watercolour but also produced oils and pastels as well as pencil drawings, etchings, linocuts and lithographs. Concentrated on landscapes, architecture and maritime subjects.
Drawings by this artist are scarce and sought after and high prices are being fetched by top end auction houses for his works, when they become available on the open market.
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