South Africa Wed 13-06-2012

Oil Paint: Portraits and People
Press Release | Oliewenhuis Art Museum

An exhibition, titled Oil Paint: Portraits and People, was installed recently on the first floor of Oliewenhuis Art Museum. The artworks were selected from the Art Museum’s Permanent Collection with the aim of showcasing South African artists’ diverse use of oil paint as medium as well as their approach to depicting people.

Portraits and People

The oil paintings were created during the 1920s to 2000s and vary from traditional and realistic portraits to more expressive and experimental depictions of people. Artists such as Erich Mayer and Maud Sumner represent the South African masters while more recent artworks are represented by well-known contemporary artists such as Reshada Crous (known for her portraits of famous South Africans), Walter Meyer, Wayne Barker and Pauline Gutter (from Bloemfontein).

For more information, please contact Oliewenhuis Art Museum on 051 011 0525 (ext 611) or oliewen@nasmus.co.za, or visit www.nasmus.co.za.

Persvrystelling:

Oil Paint: Portraits and People

‘n Uitstalling, getiteld Oil Paint: Portraits and People, is onlangs op die eerste vloer van Oliewenhuis-kunsmuseum uitgestal. Die kunswerke is uit die kunsmuseum se permanente versameling gekies met die doel om Suid-Afrikaanse kunstenaars se diverse gebruik van olieverf as medium uit te beeld, sowel as die verskillende benaderings om mense uit te beeld.

Die skilderye is gedurende die 1920’s tot die hede geskilder en wissel van tradisionele en realistiese portrette tot meer ekspressiewe en eksperimentele uitbeeldings van mense. Meesterkunstenaars soos Erich Mayer en Maud Sumner se werke is teenwoordig en bekende kontemporêre kunstenaars soos Reshada Crous (bekend vir haar portretstudies van beroemde Suid-Afrikaners), Walter Meyer, Wayne Barker en Pauline Gutter (van Bloemfontein) se werke is deel van die utstalling.

Vir meer inligting, kontak asseblief Oliewenhuis by 051 011 0525 (uitbr 611) of oliewen@nasmus.co.za, of besoek www.nasmus.co.za