Philip Bawcombe (1906-2000) Melrose House Pretoria 1983 Lithographic Print

IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OF OLD ARCHITECTURE ART I HAVE 4 INTERESTING PRINTS BY PHILIP BAWCOMBE (1906-2000) ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. ON AUCTION HERE IS A 1983 LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT OF A PHILIP BAWCOMBE WATERCOLOUR PAINTING OF MELROSE HOUSE IN PRETORIA.
 
THIS PAPER PRINT IS FITTED ONTO A 6MM THICK HARDBOARD WITH GLASS IN FRONT.
 
PHILIP WILLIAM BAWCOMBE, BORN IN LONDON IN 1906 AND DIED IN 2000, WAS AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, INTER ALIA FOR FILM STUDIOS AND OFFICIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ARTIST DURING WORLD WAR II.
 
HE ALSO PRODUCED ACCLAIMED COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS ILLUSTRATING THE CITIES OF JOHANNESBURG AND KIMBERLEY, IN SOUTH AFRICA, PUBLISHED AS BOOKS IN 1973 AND 1976 RESPECTIVELY.
 
HARRY OPPENHEIMER HAILED PHILIP BAWCOMBES KIMBERLEY (1976) AS CAPTURING THE SPIRIT AND PORTRAYING THE FABRIC OF OLD KIMBERLEY, ANNOUNCING THAT DE BEERS HAD ACQUIRED THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION FOR PERMANENT DISPLAY.
 
Melrose House built in 1886 is a popular tourist facility which is known for its historical connection as the British headquarters during the Anglo-Boer War and the signing of the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging in the dining room.
 
SIZE:
FRAME 43CM WIDE 32.5CM HIGH HARDBOARD BACKING 6MM THICK
 
CONDITION: SOME PAPER DISCOLOURATION ON THE EDGESS. IN GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION. GLASS IN FRONT.
 
PHILIP BAWCOMBE (1906-2000):
BAWCOMBE WAS BORN IN LONDON IN 1906. HE ATTENDED A CHOIR SCHOOL OF ST PETERS EATON SQUARE.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL BAWCOMBE WAS APPRENTICED TO A FIRM OF SHOPFITTERS BEFORE JOINING THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT OF A LONDON FIRM OF INTERIOR DECORATORS. HE AFTERWARDS BECAME A SENIOR DESIGNER FOR OCEAN LINER DECORATORS.
BAWCOMBE WENT OUT TO SOUTHERN AFRICA, FIRST TO RHODESIA AND THEN SOUTH AFRICA JUST PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II. HE ENLISTED WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES, SERVING INITIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS SECOND IN COMMAND OF A CAMOUFLAGE UNIT. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING DUMMY TANKS CONSTRUCTED ON THE BACKS OF MILITARY LORRIES AS A DECOY.
FROM 1941 TO 1945 BAWCOMBE COVERED THE NORTH AFRICAN AND ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS AS OFFICIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ARTIST.  A COLLECTION OF 50 OF HIS WAR PAINTINGS IS PRESERVED AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY IN JOHANNESBURG.
BAWCOMBE RETURNED TO SOUTH AFRICA AFTER THE WAR, WORKING AS PAINTER AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER.
 
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