Thijs Nel (1943–2020) Lyrical Abstraction Large Oil On Canvas, Dated 1973

Extra-large oil-on-canvas painting (1.48 m × 1.16 m) signed THIJS NEL and dated 1973; a geometric composition in the lyrical abstract style, featuring organic forms rich in nuance and crystalline clarity. In good overall condition; original canvas on a key-frame stretcher, with a red lacquered wooden frame. Note that a painting of similar size sells for between €5,000 and €8,000 in galleries in Pretoria, where the artist is particularly well-known and highly regarded.

Thijs Nel, South African painter. He studied art at the University of the Witwatersrand, then spent two years at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris. He traveled to India on several occasions. In 1982, he began exploring clay and ceramics. He has exhibited extensively, notably in a major retrospective at Rand Afrikaans University in 1982, as well as in a special exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Ruperts, Oppenheimers, the Roodepoort Museum, the Lichtenburg Art Museum, and the Cité internationale d’art in Paris. His works can be admired in venues as diverse as the permanent collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the ArtKaroo Gallery, and now at the Village Ridge Boutique Hotel in Pretoria, which opened a Thijs Nel gallery on March 8, 2017.