ARTISTIC INVESTMENT - VINTAGE FRAMED MIXED MEDIA (WATERCOLOR & INK) PAINTING OF "SCHOONGEZICHT, WINE CELLARS C.P" - LANDSCAPE ART by SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST PHILIP BAWCOMBE (1906 - 2000)
PHILIP WILLIAM BAWCOMBE, FRSA, BORN IN LONDON IN 1906 AND DIED IN 2000, WAS AN OFFICIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ARTIST DURING WORLD WAR II, WHO ALSO PRODUCED ACCLAIMED COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS ILLUSTRATING THE CITIES OF JOHANNESBURG AND KIMBERLEY.
BAWCOMBE WAS ELECTED A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS IN 1938. PHILIP BAWCOMBE ARRIVED IN SOUTH AFRICA PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WWII AND HE ENLISTED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES, SERVING INITIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE HE WAS COMMISSIONED 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 HE COVERED THE NORTH AFRICAN AND ITALIAN CAMPAIGNS AS THE OFFICIAL SOUTH AFRICAN WAR ARTIST. MANY OF HIS PAINTINGS ARE IN THE DITSONG NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY IN JOHANNESBURG
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA (WATERCOLOR & INK) BY THE ARTIST PHILIP BAWCOMBE AND THE ITEM IS CRISP LOOKING AND VIVIDLY PAINTED, DEPICTING "SCHOONGEZICHT, WINE CELLARS, C.T" RUSTENBERG IN STELLENBOSCH WAS DIVIDED IN THE 1800's BY OWNER JACOB EKSTEEN AND HE GAVE A SECTION TO HIS SON-IN-LAW. WHO NAMED IT SCHOONGEZICHT AND THEN SOLD IT. BY THE 1850's THE RUSTENBERG AREA INCLUDING SCHOONGEZICHT WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY DUE TO VINE DISEASES. IN 1892, JOHN X. MERRIMAN, LATER PRIME MINISTER OF THE CAPE, REVITALIZED THE FARMS IN 1941 THE BARLOW FAMILY PURCHASED THE FARMS AND TODAY THE WINE FARMS OF SCHOONGEZICHT HAVE BEEN IN THE BARLOW FAMILY FOR 70 YEARS
THE PAINTING IS FRAMED IN A VINTAGE WOOD FRAME PAINTED WHITE. THE FRAME HAS PROTECTIVE GLASS AND A BACKBOARD AND IS ALREADY WIRED TO BE DISPLAYED
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE PAINTING IS SIGNED BOTTOM LEFT AND TITLED BOTTOM RIGHT
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://www.straussart.co.za/auctions/artist/26-sep-2016/philip-bawcombe
https://www.sulisfineart.com/philip-bawcombe-f-r-s-a-mid-20th-century-watercolour-african-village.html
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pictures-philip-bawcombe-british-239008087
CONDITION : THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CRACKS, CHIPS, BREAKAGES ETC
SIZE : FRAME - 55.2cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....45cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....1.2cm THICK
PAINTING - 43cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....32.5cm TOP TO BOTTOM
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
A Courier service is also available upon request
This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEM ONCE PACKAGED
