Nico (Nicholaas Oswald) Roos 1940-2008 Rocky landscape

Amazing Nico (Nicholaas Oswald) Roos landscape acrylic on paper, framed behind glass. Frame measures 106cm x 86cm and work itself measures 70cm x 48cm. Courier R280. (Work not as dark as in the first photo)

Nico Roos 
1940 - 2008
Born in Kimberley, South Africa. A painter of landscapes and abstract pictures. Worked in oil, acrylic, watercolour, gouache and wash, drawed in ink, pencil and charcoal.
Studied in Windhoek privately under Otto Schröder, 1960 – 1964 
University of Pretoria under Zakkie Eloff and gained a Master of art. 1964 – 1969 further studies under Adolph Jentsch. 1967 – 1968 lecture in history of art at the University of Potchefstroom. From 1969 lecture of art history at the University of Pretoria, where he established the Fine Art Department in 1972 of which he also became Professor. Became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1974 at the University of Pretoria. 1983 Commissioner to the Valparaiso Bienale held in Chile. 

Publication: Art in South – West – Africa by Professor N. Roos, 1978

Exhibitions: Various group and solo exhibitions in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. 
Collections: Arts Association Namibia, Pretoria Art Museum, University of The Orange Free State, University of Pretoria, University of South Africa,
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley.