ORIGINAL SIGNED, MOUNTED & FRAMED SILKSCREEN OF A RHINO BY ZAKKIE ELOFF (1925-2004)

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ORIGINAL, SIGNED, MOUNTED & TASTEFULLY FRAMED SILKSCREEN OF A RHINO BY 

ZAKKIE ELOFF (1925-2004)

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Image (paper) size : approx 270 x 390 mm

Frame size (outer) : approx 620 x 720 mm

Frame size (inner) : approx 440 x 540 mm

A painter and graphic artist of wildlife, ZAKKIE ELOFF (1925-2004) worked in oil, watercolour, ink, wash, monotype and etching. He studied at Pretoria Boys High School under Walter Battiss (qv) and at Witwatersrand Technical College under i.a. Maurice van Essche (qv). In 1957 Zakkie Eloff studied graphic techniques at the Central School of Art, London; etching under Dolf Rieser (qv).

Between 1958 and 1962 Zakkie taught at Pretoria Techinical College and from 1961 until 1962 he taught at University of Pretoria. He has illustrated various books. Between 1962 and 1968 Zakkie worked as a Game Ranger in the Etosha Game Reserve, Namibia. From 1969 he has lived and worked in the Eastern Transvaal Lowveld.

The following is an extract from: Berman’s Art and Artists of South Africa by Esmé Berman (Southern Book Publishers : 1993)

A man of the veld, at his most comfortable in wide-open spaces. 1958-61 lecturer in painting at Pretoria Tech; married art student René van Zyl. 1962: escaped from the city to become a gamewarden at Etosha Pan, Namibia; the content of his paintings and etchings reflects his absorption in wild-life and veld; minute observations of animal appearance and habit recorded in thousands of sketches. Many dramatic experiences in Namibia, including loss of home and possessions in a devastating fire. 1969: moved with wife and three small children to White River, Eastern Gauteng, adjoining Kruger National Park; frequent visits to that and other game reserves. 1972: wild-life panels for VIP rooms at O.R. Tambo Airport in Johannesburg. 1975: invited to work in the experimental medium of ‘resin engraving’.

Public Collections: Pretoria Art Museum; Ann Bryant Gallery, East London; Hester Rupert Art Museum, Germany; William Humphreys Gallery, Kimberly; UNISA.

Source : The Cape Gallery’s website

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