Strauss & co - 11 November 2013, Johannesburg

152 217 Pieter Willem Frederick WENNING south african 1873–1921 Evening Landscape Near Harmonie, Pretoria signed; inscribed ‘No.5 Evening Glow, Pretoria’and ‘No.5 Evening Glaze, Pretoria’ on the reverse oil on canvas laid down on board 26 by 36 cm R700 000–900 000 exhibited The South African National Gallery, Cape Town, Pieter Wenning, an exhibition to commemorate the Centenary of the birth of the artist, September 1973, catalogue number 18 provenance Mrs C.A. te Water Naudé literature Bolsmann, Eric. (2001) Pretoria: Artists’ Impressions 1857–2001 , Pretoria: Protea Book House. Mentioned on pages 133–136. notes ‘When Pieter Willem Frederick Wenning (1873–1921) came to South Africa from the Netherlands at the age of 32, he was not known as an artist. With little formal art training, he started his working life in Pretoria as a clerk with the booksellers De Bussy in Pretorius Street. He acquired a house for his family at 28 Rissik Street. ‘Shortly after he had settled in his Rissik Street residence, he made a pencil sketch of Harmonie. The area near Scheiding and Rissik Streets, up to Mears Street, was part of the original Elandspoort farm. When the farm was subdivided in 1875, this portion became known as Harmonie. ‘… in 1916 the government bought Harmonie and it became part of the campus of the Pretoria Normal College. The original house was used to accommodate male students, but in 1926 the building had to make way for a multi-storey residence, Harmonie. The buildings on the property were later taken over by the Pretoria College of Education and are now utilized by UNISA.’ 1 1. Bolsmann, E. (2001) Pretoria: Artists’ Impressions 1857–2001 , Pretoria: Protea Book House. page 133.