ALEXANDER ROSE-INNES (1915 – 1996) – Alexander is gebore gedurende 1915 in Beaufort Wes. Hy ontwikkel ‘n aanvoeling vir sketse op ‘n vroeë ouderdom.

Die Rose-Innes familie verhuis na Port Elizabeth in 1927, waar hy met sy kunsstudies begin by die Kunsskool van Port Elizabeth Tegniese Kollege, onder Francis Pickford en Jack Heath. Nadat hy sy studies voltooi het, begin hy as ‘n vakleerling letter-skilder terwyl hy sy kuns gedurende sy spaar tyd beoefen.

Hy sluit by die weermag aan aan die begin van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog in 1940 en word gestasioneer te Pretoria, Kimberley en Kaapstad gedurende die daaropvolgende vyf jaar. Na die oorlog besluit hy om homself toe te wy aan sy kuns, en verhuis na Kaapstad gedurende 1956, toe hy 41-jaar oud was.

Rose-Innes het sy eerste solo uitstalling in 1958 aangebied nadat hy voorheen deelgeneem het aan groep-uitstallings in die Oostelike Provinsie. In 1962 neem hy deel aan ‘n groep-uitstalling by die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging van Kuns se galery tesame met Ruth Prowse, David Botha, Gregoire Boonzaier, Carl Büchner, Nerine Desmond en Frank Spears.

Daarna bied hy verskeie solo uitstallings in Suid-Afrika en België aan en sy werke word ingesluit in talle nasionale en internasionale uitstallings.  In 1986 word hy vereer deur die Universiteit van Pretoria met ‘n terugblik uitstalling van sy werke en ‘n medalje vir sy bydrae tot die kunste in Suid-Afrika.

Rose-Innes was ‘n skilder van alledaagse situasies soos vroue wat blomme verkoop, mense in kroeë en meisies wat gesels. Hy het besonder belang gestel in tonele uit die Kaaps-Maleisiese kontrei en Distrik Ses, figure en portrette van gewone mense soos grofsmede en vissermanne, sowel as die eenvoudigheid van stillewe rangskikkings, die Kaapse landskap en binnenshuise tonele. Die afwesigheid van helder kleure, tesame met naby tonele, dra by tot ‘n gevoel van intimiteit in sy kunswerk.

Vandag is sy werk deel van die mees beduidende versamelings van Suid-Afrikaanse meesters in galerye en talle privaat versamelings. Alexander Rose-Innes is oorlede gedurende 1996.

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Book about the art of Alexander Rose-Ines

ALEXANDER ROSE-INNES (1915 – 1996) – Born in 1915 in Beauford West, Alexander Rose-Innes developed an aptitude for drawing at an early age. The Rose-Innes family moved to Port Elizabeth in 1927, where he began his art studies at the Art School of the Port Elizabeth Technical College, under Francis Pickford and Jack Heath. After completing his studies, he enrolled as an apprentice sign-writer, continuing to pursue his art in his free time.

He joined the army at the start of the Second World War in 1940 and was based in Pretoria, Kimberley and Cape Town during the following five years. Following the war, he decided to dedicate himself to his art, and made the decision to move to Cape Town during 1956, when he was 41 years of age.

Rose-Innes had his first solo exhibition in 1958, having previously participated only in group shows in the Eastern Province. In 1962 he exhibited in a group exhibition at the South African Association of Arts Gallery together with Ruth Prowse, David Botha, Gregoire Boonzaier, Carl Büchner, Nerine Desmond and Frank Spears.

He went on to have several solo exhibitions in South Africa and Belgium, and his work was included in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 1986, he was honoured by the University of Pretoria with a retrospective exhibition of his work and a medal for his contribution to the arts in South Africa.

Rose-Innes was a painter of “everyday situations like women selling flowers, people sitting in pubs and girls chatting”. He had particular interest in the scenes of the Cape Malay Quarter and District Six, figures and portraits of common people such as blacksmiths and fishermen, as well as the simplicity of still life compositions, Cape landscapes and domestic interiors. The absence of strong colour notes, together with the use of close-up views, contributes to a sense of intimacy in his work.

Today his work forms part of most significant collections of South African masters in galleries and in numerous private collections. Alexander Rose-Innes passed away in 1996.

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