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1886 Malmesbury District, Cape Town, South Africa - 1973 The Strand, Cape Town, South Africa. Known for: Expressionist, naive-sophisticated still life, portrait and landscape painting.
Maggie Laubser's expressionistic paintings do not attempt to portray reality. They should always be appreciated as a personal expression of her unique view of the harmony of colours and forms in, as... Read full biography
Maggie Laubser's expressionistic paintings do not attempt to portray reality. They should always be appreciated as a personal expression of her unique view of the harmony of colours and forms in, as she called it, 'the miracle of creation'. Her paintings have often been criticized for being naïve... Read full biography
Maggie Laubser's expressionistic paintings do not attempt to portray reality. They should always be appreciated as a personal expression of her unique view of the harmony of colours and forms in, as she called it, 'the miracle of creation'. Her paintings have often been criticized for being naïve and childlike, but these critics miss the spiritual undertone of her work, where she strives to celebrate and praise the harmonious qualities of the Earth, and all life on it, under a benevolent... Read full biography
Maggie Laubser's expressionistic paintings do not attempt to portray reality. They should always be appreciated as a personal expression of her unique view of the harmony of colours and forms in, as she called it, 'the miracle of creation'. Her paintings have often been criticized for being naïve and childlike, but these critics miss the spiritual undertone of her work, where she strives to celebrate and praise the harmonious qualities of the Earth, and all life on it, under a benevolent Creator. She is quoted in a 1939 interview, as saying that 'The privilege of bearing witness to these things in my simple way deeply satisfies me'. Maria Magdelena (Maggie) Laubser was born on the farm 'Bloublommetjieskloof' in the Malmesbury district of... Read full biography
Maggie Laubser's expressionistic paintings do not attempt to portray reality. They should always be appreciated as a personal expression of her unique view of the harmony of colours and forms in, as she called it, 'the miracle of creation'. Her paintings have often been criticized for being naïve and childlike, but these critics miss the spiritual undertone of her work, where she strives to celebrate and praise the harmonious qualities of the Earth, and all life on it, under a benevolent Creator. She is quoted in a 1939 interview, as saying that 'The privilege of bearing witness to these things in my simple way deeply satisfies me'. Maria Magdelena (Maggie) Laubser was born on the farm 'Bloublommetjieskloof' in the Malmesbury district of Western Cape, South Africa in 1886, and attended Bloemhof Seminary in Stellenbosch until the age of 15. She later attended singing lessons in Cap... Read full biography
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