On Wednesday 10 December at 17:30 at Iziko South African Museum, artist and gallerist Joe Wolpe discusses the painter, Wolf Kibel, who, despite his short and turbulent life, is regarded as one of the foremost South African expressionists of his time.

Born in Poland in 1903, and educated in Vienna, Kibel was a versatile and accomplished, if controversial artist, who taught, painted and exhibited. He was adept in oil, watercolour, charcoal, pastel, etching and monotypes. He succumbed to tuberculosis in 1938. Subsequent  retrospective exhibitions of his work were curated by Wolpe.

Hosted by Friends of the South African National Gallery, the event is R50 for Friends and R65 for guests. Enquiries: Lizzie 021 467 4662 (Tue-Thu 10:00-14:00).

About the images:

‘Scene of Anguish in a Polish Village’, signed and dated ’18, watercolour, 31 by 35,5cm. It was exhibited at the SANG in 1984 at the Master Works on Paper Exhibition, and at the Wolf Kibel Retrospective Exhibition in 1976. It sold for R80 000 which was a record for the artist.

‘Still Life’, signed, watercolour, 19,5 by 29cm. It sold for R25 000 in February 2008.

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