MAGGIE LAUBSER

First edition. 47 pages, 3 tipped-in colour plates, 27 black and white illustrations in the text, original brown cloth titled in green on the upper cover and spine - the cloth is faded around the edges, ownership mark on the front free end paper, book sellers ticket on the front paste-down end paper, contents crisp, a very good copy in the slightly foxed dust jacket, which is now preserved in a Brodart protector.

Text in Afrikaans

Johannes Meintjes was born in 1923 in Riversdale, Cape Province. Meintjes was the son of a sheep farmer and spent his first five years on the family farm “Grootzeekoegat” in the Molteno district. After the death of his father in 1928, the family moved to Riversdale, where he became friendly with JEA Volschenk. He already loved to draw and paint from childhood. In 1938 the family moved to Cape Town, and he became serious with his art studies. In 1940 he attended an art exhibition by Maggie Laubser’s work, and that evoked his ardent admiration. He wrote a letter to Laubser and a close friendship developed. At the age of 21 he published this book on Maggie Laubser. http://www.absolutart.co.za/masters/johannes-petrus-meintjies