Strauss & co - 26 September 2011, Cape Town

154 295 Gregoire Johannes BOONZAIER SOUTH AFRICAN 1909–2005 Yellow House on the Corner signed and dated 1958 oil on canvas board 22 by 28,5cm R60 000 – 80 000 296 Gregoire Johannes BOONZAIER SOUTH AFRICAN 1909–2005 Cottage Interior, Kanettefontein, Wellington signed and dated 1943 oil on canvas 39,5 by 49,5cm R80 000 – 120 000 296 295 This is the cottage in which Gregoire Boonzaier and his wife set up home when life in Cape Town became too expensive. In 1939 the outbreak of war and the effects of the Depression on the art market necessitated that Gregoire and wife Ruth Buchenbacher move to this rented farmhouse at Kanettefontein in the Bovlei area of Wellington. Christine Siebrits, who was only 3 years old when her family moved to a neighbouring farm, recalls: “He was a wonderful person, very well read, and likeable. A great story teller, and always had a lot of time for us children. ... at some point in the evening, Gregoire Boonzaaier would seek out the children and tell them stories, and illustrate them with sketches.” 1 Boonzaier offers us a view of a very humble, sparsely furnished, traditional