The nomadic Krisjan Swart, a character from the Montagu district, features in many sketches, water-colours and oils, particularly in the late seventies and early eighties.…
Artwork Category: Unique Works
Montagu Girl by François Krige
Many humble folk of the Montagu district sat for Krige: domestic workers and gardeners, the librarian’s beautiful daughter, the butcher boy and Koos Kok, curator…
Namibian Landscape by François Krige
Krige undertook long sketching expeditions around southern Africa. To this end, Sylvia bought a VW Combi and had it fitted out with a bed, stove…
Rakops, Botswana by François Krige
It is likely that during as many as three of Krige’s expeditions to Botswana (1960, 1962 and 1972) he stayed with the Barakwena people. This…
Constantia Valley by François Krige
After the war, Krige again stayed with his parents intermittently. They had moved from the Free State to the Cape and were now renting a…
Basotho Men by François Krige
In 1937 Krige’s family moved to Bethlehem in the Free State, where they remained for the rest of the decade. Although now based in Johannesburg,…
Market, Spain by François Krige
Spain captivated Krige. When the artist joined his brother Uys there in 1934, the poet plunged him into the Iberian way of life, infecting him…
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