RARE VINTAGE GALLERY ART -- FRAMED MIXED MEDIA (WC / GOUACHE) PAINTING -- LANDSCAPE ART - SIGNED / DATED / TITLED - 1949
THIS IS THE 2nd LISTED GALLERY ARTWORK BY SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST FRED W. TALMADGE. ALTHOUGH BOTH ARE LANDSCAPE ART AND DIFFERENT PAINTINGS, THEY BOTH DEPICT AREAS OF THE OLD EASTERN TRANSVAAL WITH A REMARKABLE HISTORY ATTACHED TO EACH
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTABLE AND DECORATIVE WORK OF ART PAINTED ON ARTISTIC PAPER, THEN PLACED UPON A SEPARATE GALLERY PAPER BEFORE FRAMING.
THE PAINTING HAS BEEN EXECUTED IN A BRILLIANT MIXED MEDIA VARIETY WITH WATERCOLORS AND GOUACHE (GOUACHE BEING THE PORTIONS OF THE PAINTING WHERE THE ARTIST USED MORE OPAQUE - LESS TRANSPARENT THAN THE AREAS WHERE WATERCOLOR HAS BEEN UTILIZED). THIS SUBTLE AND SKILLED USE OF THE TWO MEDIA HAS CREATED A REALISM TO THE COLORS AND SHADOWS ALONG WITH A MAGNIFICENT PLAY OF LIGHT WHICH PORTRAYS THE LANDSCAPE CAPTURED BY THIS TALENTED ARTIST IN A VERY REALISTIC MANNER. THE ARTIST HAS PAINTED AN AREA OF LANDSCAPE WITH A LAKE NESTLED AT THE FOOT OF A SERIES OF HILLS.
IN 1949 THIS AREA IN THE THEN EASTERN TRANSVAAL WAS A FARM KNOWN AS VALKERHOEK. IT LATER BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITRUS FARMS IN THE WORLD, IF NOT THE BIGGEST. THE FARM BECAME ZEBEDIELA CITRUS ESTATE AND IT GREW TO BECOME "THE DIAMOND OF AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS" WITH 565 000 CITRUS TREES PRODUCING NEARLY 400 MILLION ORANGES PER ANNUM IN 1978. SADLY, THE FARM WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AS AN EXPROPRIATION AFTER 1994 AND BY 2001 WAS LOSING MORE THAN R35 MILLION PER ANNUM WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THE CITRUS PRODUCTION IN RUINS.
FRED W. TALMADGE WAS A SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST WHO PAINTED IN BOTH OILS AND WATERCOLORS/GOUACHE, PORTRAYING A VARIETY OF LANDSCAPES IN WHICH HE CAPTURED THE BEAUTY OF THE NATURAL AREAS WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA. HE ALSO PAINTED OCCASIONAL STILL LIFE ART.
THIS LOVELY PAINTING IS TITLED AND SIGNED AS WELL AS DATED AND IS FRAMED IN A SHABBY CHIC STYLE WOOD FRAME BEHIND PROTECTIVE GLASS. THE FRAME HAS A BACKBOARD
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND DATED BOTTOM RIGHT - "FRED W. TALMADGE, 1949" TITLED ON THE GALLERY PAPER - "VALKERHOEK, ZEBEDIELA O.T" AND IN BLACK INK BOTTOM RIGHT IS THE COPYRIGHT - "KOPIEREG VOORBEHOU. P.W TALMADGE"
CONDITION : THE PAINTING, FRAME AND GLASS ARE ALL IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 58cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....47.8cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....3.2cm THICK
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