Looking at South African Art by Frieda Harmse, Signed (1985)

Looking at South African Art: A guide to the study and appreciation of art by Frieda Harmsen holds significant historical weight within South African art historiography and art education:

Published in 1985 by J.L. van Schaik in Pretoria, this work was one of the first comprehensive, English-language instructional guides written specifically for studying and analyzing South African fine art within local educational and university curricula.

Author Frieda Harmsen was a prominent South African art historian and academic (formerly at UNISA), widely recognized for her critical documentation of 20th-century South African painters and movements. The book includes specialized contributions by key contemporaries Joey de Jager and Katinka Kempff, who served as a curator at the Pretoria Art Museum.

Published during a pivotal era of transition in South African art history, the book documents early-to-mid 20th-century South African movements—ranging from early landscape traditions to mid-century modernism—reflecting how art appreciation and history were structured and taught during the late apartheid period.

220mm x 305mm x 30mm

341 pages. Dust jacket chipped and torn; some marks on the front end board.

R1,000