David Botha (1921 – 1995)

David Botha was born in 1921 in Graaff-Reinet and passed away in 1995. Both a painter and a graphic artist, David
Botha’s subject matter ranges from landscapes and seascapes to still life compositions. He used various media
including oil, watercolour, ink, pencil, charcoal and assorted graphic media

His paintings perpetuate a tradition initiated in the Cape by Pieter Wenning and popularized by Gregoire
Boonzaier. He favoured views of suburban streets, dominated by white-walled houses and accented by the
gnarled, bare forms of winter trees. Bothas paintings preserve a record of the typical rural Cape towns and they
enjoy extensive patronage, particularly in his home province.

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