The Art Collection of Huberte Rupert: South African Art of the 20th Century

This full-colour publication celebrates Huberte Rupert's art collection housed in the Rupert Museum in Stellenbosch. Art critic and writer Amanda Botha traces Huberte's art appreciation journey through her involvement as a student cultivating friendships with local artists such as her 'Big Five' artists: Cecil Higgs, Maggie Laubser, Irma Stern, Jean Welz and Anton van Wouw. The book also features works from many other South African and international artists, including works acquired by Penny Siopis, Stanley Pinker, William Kentridge, and Wille Bester from the Cape Town Triennial.

Amanda Botha’s long association with Huberte Rupert gave her an intimate knowledge of her art collection; she accompanied her on studio visits to artists and attended exhibitions together. Long conversations ensued, and she gained invaluable insight into how the passionate collector valued artworks and made acquisition choices.

 

An invaluable resource for anyone interested in South African art.

Amanda Botha is an award-winning journalist and writer with an extended career in the creative- and performing arts world. She published multiple articles about the visual arts in South Africa and international publications. As curator for the Stellenbosch Wordfest, she presented retrospective exhibitions on the work of various South African artists, such as Marjorie Wallace, Sheila Cussons, Hardy Botha, Andries Botha, Willie Bester, Adriaan van Zyl, Walter Meyer, Paul Emsley and Herman van Nazaret. She is the author of seven books, amongst them the biographies of the prima ballerina assoluta, Phyllis Spira, the artist Marjorie Wallace; Lost in Dust based on John Meyer’s Anglo-Boer War paintings and Dagboeke based on the diaries of Johannes Meintjes.

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