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, contents crisp, a very good copy in the frayed dust jacket, which has been repaired with tape on the front cover, very scarce in the dust jacket.

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 thid book on Maggie Laubser. http://www.absolutart.co.za/masters/johannes-petrus-meintjies