Hercules Enslin Du Plessis 1894-1978

The Haystack. Oil on board 29 x 36 cm.
Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1945
£750

Painter, born at Standerton, Transvaal, South Africa. In the years before World War I he became a journalist and as a self-taught artist, painted for pleasure. By 1922 he had settled in London, England and within a few years began painting in earnest, becoming a member of the London Artists Association. In 1929 he was elected to the London Group and began a second career as a well known painter of interiors. He began to exhibit regularly at venues which included, Archer Gallery, Goupil Gallery, Cooling Gallery, Leicester Galleries and the Redfern Gallery. He is represented in all the major South African Art Galleries including, Durban, Johannesburg. Port Elizabeth and the S.A. National Gallery, Cape Town. In the United Kingdom, He is represented in the collections of the Arts Council, British Council, and the Art Galleries of Bristol, Cardiff and Manchester.
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