A BEAUTIFUL FRAMED OIL ON BOARD PAINTING OF THE DESERTED KALAHARI BY FAMOUS ARTIST WERNER FORDELMANN

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THIS BEAUTIFUL FRAMED OIL ON BOARD PAINTING OF THE DESERTED KALAHARI DESERT BY FAMOUS GERMAN/ NAMIBIAN/ SOUTH AFRICAN ARTIST WERNER FORDELMANN MEASURES 99.5cm x 68.5cm. THE ALMOST SURREAL STYLE OF THIS PAINTING MAKES IS A VERY UNUSUAL AND QUITE EXCITING PIECE OF COLLECTIBLE ART.

THE ARTIST WERNER FORDELMANN SETTLED IN NAMIBIA IN 1926 WHERE HE OPENED A BUTCHERY SERVING THE GERMAN COMMUNITY. IT WAS HERE THAT HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MANY DIFFERENT FACETS OF THAT AMAZING COUNTRY WHERE THE LIGHT CHANGED THE SCENERY BY THE HOUR. THE MOUNTAINS COULD BE BLUE IN THE MORNING AND IN THE LATE AFTERNOON CHANGE TO A STUNNING PINK AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR HE WAS PLACED IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE HE CONTINUED PAINTING AND HE WAS LATER REPATRIATED TO GERMANY FOR ELEVEN YEARS. IT WAS THERE THAT HE STUDIED WITH A PROFESSOR IN HUMBURG AND DEVELOPED NEW STYLES OF COLOUR AND RURAL COUNTRY SIDE AND HOMESTEADS WHICH HE FAVOURED. WHEN HE RETURNED TO SOUTH AFRICA HE SETTLED IN GRAAFF-REINET. HE TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY TO STUDY THE VASTLY DIFFERENT REGIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA, BUT HE LOVED THE CAPE FOR ITS MOUNTAINS AND THE COAST. DURING THE 1960`S HE SETTLED IN JOHANNESBURG ON A FARM IN HONEYDEW WHERE HE WORKED AND MARKETED HIS ART. HE DISPLAYED HIS ART IN GALLERIES BUT HAD HIS STUDIO AT HOME. IN THE EARLY 70`S HE MOVED TO MIDDLEBURG IN THE CAPE WHERE HE FOUND A PERFECT PLACE HALFWAY BETWEEN JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN AS HE ENJOYED DOING HIS OWN MARKETING AS WELL AS THE TRAVELLING TO SEE CLIENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. MANY HOTELS BOASTED WITH HIS HUGE PAINTINGS IN THEIR ENTRANCE HALL AND DINING ROOMS IN THE CAPE. WERNER FORDELMANN NEVER GAVE UP PAINTING ALTHOUGH HE MAY HAVE PAINTED LESS DURING THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. HE DIED QUIETLY IN HIS STUDIO JUST DAYS BEFORE HIS 89TH BIRTHDAY.