Lot 506: Gladys Mgudlandlu SOUTH AFRICAN 1925-1979

Gladys Mgudlandlu
SOUTH AFRICAN 1925-1979
House Beyond the Trees
signed and dated 1961
gouache 36 by 49cm

Elza Miles, (2002) Nomfanekiso, Who Paints at Night, Vlaeberg, Fernwood:
Gladys Mgudlandlu is one of the foremost exponents of Expressionism in South Africa. She was never exposed to the art of the schools
of Expressionism in Europe as she never set foot outside South Africa. By day she was a school teacher, but at night she painted by the
flickering light of a paraffin lamp in her 'township' house in Cape Town. She arrived at a pristine form of Expressionism that is deeply
rooted in the still-uncharted field of indigenous culture.