Listed Artist SIMON MOROKE LEKGETHO oil painting. 1962 Authentic and Very Rare

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This artist is listed and does well on auctions. Oil Painting is in very good condition and carry its age well.

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Nice Oil painting from 1962 with original frame. Size without frame is 29.6cm X 34.4cm and with frame its 55.5cm by 50cm.

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Here is more detail on this artist biography

Simon Moroke Lekgetho was born in Schoemansville near Hartebeespoort Dam in 1929. He was self-taught, despite lessons in drawing taught at the occupational school in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. On completion of his training, he moved to Pretoria where he worked as a clerk for the Provincial Administration. While there he obtained his matriculation certificate through correspondence. Apart from books on drawing and painting techniques which he acquired for private study, he also enjoyed guidance in painting from Walter Battiss (1906–1982). He started to paint seriously in 1952 and also taught art at his studio, 1216 Fortuin Street, Lady Selborne. He painted portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and wild-life as well as Bushman rock-painting inspired compositions. 

His still-lives are unique. Unlike the vanitas to which they relate, Lekgetho emphasizes healing, rebirth and continuity and not the transience of existence. Moreover, his use of chiaroscuro intensifies the symbolism of these pieces. The dark backgrounds contrast the light foregrounds where the divination objects silently predict what is to ensue. These still-lives consisting of calabashes, gourds, herbs, grinding stones, incense, divination dice, beads, shells, knuckle bones and stones give a significantly African dimension to still-life painting. He died in Ga-Rankuwa, near Pretoria-Tshwane, 1985.