Western Provincial: An Album Of Paintings & Drawings Of The Western Cape
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly curated visual art collection, Western Provincial: An Album Of Paintings & Drawings Of The Western Cape presents the landscapes, architecture, and cultural character of South Africa's Western Cape region through the accomplished eye of Désirée Picton-Seymour. The album chronicles the region's distinctive beauty — from its rugged coastlines and fertile valleys to its historic Cape Dutch homesteads — rendered in paintings and drawings that balance artistic sensitivity with documentary precision. Picton-Seymour, well known for her scholarly and artistic contributions to South African heritage, brings an authoritative yet deeply personal vision to each work, illustrating the Western Cape as both a living landscape and a repository of layered history. The tone throughout is contemplative and celebratory, inviting readers to linger over each image as both an aesthetic experience and a record of a place of extraordinary character. This album stands as an essential tribute to one of South Africa's most visually compelling regions, appealing equally to art enthusiasts, historians, and lovers of the South African landscape.
Author: Désirée Picton-Seymour
Format: Hardback
Published: 1952, Maskew Miller Limited
Genre: Photography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly curated visual art collection, Western Provincial: An Album Of Paintings & Drawings Of The Western Cape presents the landscapes, architecture, and cultural character of South Africa's Western Cape region through the accomplished eye of Désirée Picton-Seymour. The album chronicles the region's distinctive beauty — from its rugged coastlines and fertile valleys to its historic Cape Dutch homesteads — rendered in paintings and drawings that balance artistic sensitivity with documentary precision. Picton-Seymour, well known for her scholarly and artistic contributions to South African heritage, brings an authoritative yet deeply personal vision to each work, illustrating the Western Cape as both a living landscape and a repository of layered history. The tone throughout is contemplative and celebratory, inviting readers to linger over each image as both an aesthetic experience and a record of a place of extraordinary character. This album stands as an essential tribute to one of South Africa's most visually compelling regions, appealing equally to art enthusiasts, historians, and lovers of the South African landscape.