Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

256 575 François Krige SOUTH AFRICAN 1913-1994 Montagu Mountains signed and dated 88 oil on canvas 70 by 91cm R  –   “Krige would set out in the early morning to paint landscape scenes around Montagu [...] He loved hiking and swimming in the mountain streams and knew the fauna and flora of the Cape ranges intimately. His paintings of the mountains around Montagu show an acute understanding of nature, of how the rock was formed, twisted and contorted. His brushstrokes appear to take cognisance of the violent volcanic disturbances which once thrust the rock in different directions.”Justin Fox. (2000) The Life and Art of Francois Krige , Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press. Page 94.