Adolph Jentsch; German/Namibian 1888-1977; South West Africa Landscape
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Notes : 'The art of Adolph Jentsch, long regarded as the doyen of South West African (modern-day Namibia) art, is an essay in empathy between a particular human spirit and a specific natural environment. Few modern interpreters of the regional desert landscape have remained unaffected by the influence of his style. Yet, nurtured though he was amidst the most violent surging of the Modern Movement, his outlook, as reflected in his painting is in stark contrast with contemporary expressionistic tendencies. Anton Hendricks, in a 1958 booklet on the painter, comments: 'Jentsch is not a modern artist. His large and simple landscapes have the qualities of the classics. They are subtle, they do not shout, they are unobtrusive, they do not intrude, they are quiet, and therefore, they do not readily reveal themselves to those who are attuned to modern noise.' Esmé Berman (1983) Art & Artists of South Africa: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary and Historical Survey of Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists Since 1875, Cape Town: Southern Book Publishers, page 225.
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