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1908 Constantia, Cape Town - 1993. Known for: Landscape, seascape, pastoral scene with shepherds and animals.
Nerine Desmond (1908-1993) was a South African artist known particularly for her watercolour and oil paintings, especially landscapes, seascapes, and pastoral scenes showing shepherds and their... Read full biography
Nerine Desmond (1908-1993) was a South African artist known particularly for her watercolour and oil paintings, especially landscapes, seascapes, and pastoral scenes showing shepherds and their animals. Biography:. Desmond was born in Constantia, Cape Town, in 1908, the daughter of Nicolaas... Read full biography
Nerine Desmond (1908-1993) was a South African artist known particularly for her watercolour and oil paintings, especially landscapes, seascapes, and pastoral scenes showing shepherds and their animals. Biography:. Desmond was born in Constantia, Cape Town, in 1908, the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Smith, an Afrikaans clergyman, and Ivy Desmond. She studied graphics at Michaelis School of Art in 1926 and London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely self-taught. Desmond was... Read full biography
Nerine Desmond (1908-1993) was a South African artist known particularly for her watercolour and oil paintings, especially landscapes, seascapes, and pastoral scenes showing shepherds and their animals. Biography:. Desmond was born in Constantia, Cape Town, in 1908, the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Smith, an Afrikaans clergyman, and Ivy Desmond. She studied graphics at Michaelis School of Art in 1926 and London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely self-taught. Desmond was politically conservative, and once refused the use of one of her works on the cover of a novel by Nadine Gordimer, stating in justification that Gordimer was "not a loyal South African." . Career:. Desmond exhibited in South Africa from 1935 until... Read full biography
Nerine Desmond (1908-1993) was a South African artist known particularly for her watercolour and oil paintings, especially landscapes, seascapes, and pastoral scenes showing shepherds and their animals. Biography:. Desmond was born in Constantia, Cape Town, in 1908, the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Smith, an Afrikaans clergyman, and Ivy Desmond. She studied graphics at Michaelis School of Art in 1926 and London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely self-taught. Desmond was politically conservative, and once refused the use of one of her works on the cover of a novel by Nadine Gordimer, stating in justification that Gordimer was "not a loyal South African." . Career:. Desmond exhibited in South Africa from 1935 until her death, initially both as a member of the South African Society of Artists and the rival New Group. She was influenced by a n... Read full biography
