Review 2011

Hugo Naudé Namaqualand in Spring signed oil on canvas 40 by 55,5cm Sold R1 559 600, November 2011 RECORD Hugo Naudé has been described as an Impressionist – largely in loose reference to the ‘sketchy’ brushwork that occurs, for instance in the foreground of this painting. The work was almost certainly completed in a single energetic session, the kind of ‘fleeting moment’ favoured by Impressionism... His primary intention was to record his own perception of the natural scene and his observations led him to devise techniques which would convey the special character of the environment in which he painted. He was the first local artist to adapt his style to the distinctive sunlit atmosphere of the South African landscape. Esmé Berman, The Story of South African Painting , A A Balkema, Cape Town and Rotterdam, 1975, pages 13-14. 10