South African, 1911-1975..etching on paper, ink signed and dated Preller 57 l.r., possible artist proof #9..foxing and toning, minor surface loss to paper, not examined out of frame, plate mark approx. 6H x 4.5W inchesPreller was strongly influenced by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin.He later developed his own style, and his works incorporated elementsfrom nature, African masks and other African art. In search of an art“rooted in the Africa soil” Preller drew his initial inspiration from theNdebele (Mapogga) people, who lived in the Pretoria vicinity, where hespent most of his professional life. Preller is today regarded as animportant figure in the South African avant-garde movement of histime, and as an African modernist.

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