Alexander Rose Innes (1915 - 1996)
Alexander Rose Innes was active/lived in South Africa. Alexander Innes is known for modernist figure, genre, landscape, interiors and still life painting, sculpture.

Signed Lower Right
Oil on Board
Painting Size: 16 1/2" x 20 1/2".
Frame Size: 21" x 25".
Dated 1961

CONDITION
Good condition, titled and dated on verso

Biography

Rose-Innes had his first solo exhibition in 1958, having previously participated only in group shows in the Eastern Province. In 1962 he exhibited in a group exhibition at the South African Association of Arts Gallery - together with Ruth Prowse, David Botha, Gregoire Boonzaier, Carl Büchner, Nerine Desmond and Frank Spears (Bekker, 1991).

He went on to have several solo exhibitions in South Africa and Belgium, and his work was included in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 1986, he was honoured by the University of Pretoria with a retrospective exhibition of his work and a medal for his contribution to the arts in South Africa.
Rose-Innes was a painter of "everyday situations like women selling flowers, people sitting in pubs and girls chatting" (Bekker, 1991: 28).

He had particular interest in the scenes of the Cape Malay Quarter and District Six, figures and portraits of common people such as blacksmiths and fishermen, as well as the simplicity of still life compositions, Cape landscapes and domestic interiors. Rose-Innes portrays sensitivity towards his subject matter - always rendered in warm, subdued tones and following realistic conventions. The absence of strong colour notes, together with the use of close-up views, contributes to a sense of intimacy in his work. The subtle gradation of tone and the creamy thickness of paint application are prominent characteristics of his technique (Berman, 1996).

"It is impossible to distinguish between Alex the man and Alex the artist: his role as an artist dominates his whole life, while his deep-seated humanity permeates his whole art" writes Bekker (1991:24). His work was greatly influenced by both Russel Harvey and Gregoire Boonzaier - both of them close friends and colleagues. Esmé Berman (1996) argues that Harvey was of great influence, specifically with regard to his sombre colour palette and soft colour modulations.

Rose-Innes' work can be accurately described as forming part of the Cape Impressionist tradition, influenced by the major exponents of that idiom. With regards to his subject matter, Bekker notes, "Alexander Rose-Innes is a conservative artist. He did not pursue innovation for the sake of innovation; nor did he follow fashionable trends. Yet his particular brand of painting has not only survived, but steadily grown in popularity." Today his work forms part of most significant collections of South African masters in galleries and in numerous private collections.

Alexander Rose-Innes passed away in 1996.


PROVENANCE
Private Collection from New York

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