South Africa, Africa. Born 1937
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1876 Karlsruhe, Germany - 1960 Pretoria, South Africa. Known for: Watercolor landscape and rural genre painting, sketching, book illustrations.
Erich Mayer (1876 - 1960). Ernst Karl Mayer was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1876. In 1894 he was awarded a bursary to study architecture at Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule in Berlin, but had... Read full biography
Erich Mayer (1876 - 1960). Ernst Karl Mayer was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1876. In 1894 he was awarded a bursary to study architecture at Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule in Berlin, but had to discontinue his studies due to ill health in 1896. Mayer moved to South Africa in 1898, seeking a... Read full biography
Erich Mayer (1876 - 1960). Ernst Karl Mayer was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1876. In 1894 he was awarded a bursary to study architecture at Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule in Berlin, but had to discontinue his studies due to ill health in 1896. Mayer moved to South Africa in 1898, seeking a better climate for his health. He took up employment as Assistant Land-Surveyor in the Orange Free State, and a year later joined to Boer side in the Anglo-Boer War. During his time on commando with... Read full biography
Erich Mayer (1876 - 1960). Ernst Karl Mayer was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1876. In 1894 he was awarded a bursary to study architecture at Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule in Berlin, but had to discontinue his studies due to ill health in 1896. Mayer moved to South Africa in 1898, seeking a better climate for his health. He took up employment as Assistant Land-Surveyor in the Orange Free State, and a year later joined to Boer side in the Anglo-Boer War. During his time on commando with the Boer forces, he would often sketch portraits of farmers he encountered: "Boer figures, seen in their everyday sphere and environment, have always been of particular interest to him", writes Van der Westhuysen (1952:11). In 1900 Mayer was captured... Read full biography
Erich Mayer (1876 - 1960). Ernst Karl Mayer was born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1876. In 1894 he was awarded a bursary to study architecture at Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule in Berlin, but had to discontinue his studies due to ill health in 1896. Mayer moved to South Africa in 1898, seeking a better climate for his health. He took up employment as Assistant Land-Surveyor in the Orange Free State, and a year later joined to Boer side in the Anglo-Boer War. During his time on commando with the Boer forces, he would often sketch portraits of farmers he encountered: "Boer figures, seen in their everyday sphere and environment, have always been of particular interest to him", writes Van der Westhuysen (1952:11). In 1900 Mayer was captured by the British forces and interned at St. Helena, where he continued dedicating his free time to painting and sketching. Mayer was... Read full biography
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Slide 1 of 3: An Extensive Landscape with a Baobab and a Crouching Man
An Extensive Landscape with a Baobab and a Crouching Man
Ernst Karl Erich MayerAn Extensive Landscape with a Baobab and a Crouching Man
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UNION BUILDINGS, PRETORIA
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The Old Baobab Tree
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Sculpture
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Landscape and townscape painting
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Watercolour and oil painting
South Africa. 1906 - 1982
Figure, landscape painting, abstraction, woodcuts
Pretoria / South Africa. 1908 - 1994
Landscape and figure painting
South Africa. 1935 - 2007
Painting
South Africa, Belgium. 1919 - 2006
Painting
United Kingdom, South Africa. 1874 - 1945
Land-and townscape paintings (trees), murals, book illustrations
Netherlands, South Africa. 1867 - 1944
Still life, landscape, and portrait painting
South Africa. 1900 - 1983
Still life, figure, landscape, African genre paintings
South Africa. 1909 - 2005
Still life, portrait, land-and townscape painting
South Africa. 1918 - 2007
Landscape painting
South Africa, Africa. 1917 - 1991
Impressionist landscape painting, figures and portraits
Northern Cape / South Africa, Africa. 1924 - 1988
Abstracted landscapes depicting bushveld wildlife
South Africa. 1921 - 2003
Modernist portrait, landsape and marine painting
South Africa. 1886 - 1957
Landscape painting
South Africa, England. 1913 - 1978
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South Africa, Europe. 1886 - 1973
Expressionist, naive-sophisticated still life, portrait and landscape painting
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South Africa. 1902 - 1985
Paintings
South Africa. 1927 - 1993
Landscape, still life, seascape and figural painting
United Kingdom, South Africa. 1880 - 1964
Landscape and portrait painting, frescoes
South Africa, Belgium. 1906 - 1977
Modernist painting, stained glass, teaching
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Maritime painting, as well as land- and seascapes, village scenes, homesteads, and still lifes
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Landscape, street scene, still life painting, sculpture
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Landscape, figure, still life, portrait painting
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Modernist landscape, figure, still life and genre painting
Africa. 1912 - 1984
Painting
South Africa, Africa. 1926 - 2009
Abstract figurative carved and painted wood panels, drawings
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Impressionist figure, genre, landscape painting