Sanlam cordially invites you to attend the opening of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and graphics by Nita Spilhaus | 1878 – 1967. Nita Spilhaus was one of the very first woman professional artists in South Africa. Her most active artistic period was the time she spent in Cape Town from about 1910 to 1925, when she was one of a closeknit grouping of artist friends, working and exhibiting together. Nita had been trained as an artist, first in Munich, and then at the Artists’ Colony in Dachau, south of Munich. There she painted in the moorland landscapes, under the overcast and cloudy skies, beloved of European landscape artists. She came out to South Africa in 1908 to join her brother, and uncle’s family, who were already firmly established in the Cape. For Nita the move from the hub of European Art to Cape Town, then in its infancy in terms of its art world, was a huge culture shock. But gradually she made friends with a group of artists, and lovers of art, and Nita rapidly established herself as a leading member of the Cape artistic community. Nita was principally a landscape artist, and her paintings and etchings of trees, the Cape mountains, and the Malay Quarter are probably those that are most associated with her. The selection of works on display in this exhibition have been drawn from museums and private collection.

Date: Thursday, 25 February 2016

Time: 18:00 for 18:30

Venue: Sanlam Art Lounge, Sanlam, 11 Alice Lane, Sandton, Tel: 011 778 6210 / 082 447 6935

Guest speaker: Peter Elliott

RSVP: Click here (by 18 February) or call Zahied Kagee on 082 469 0709 or email: sanlamart@sanlam.co.za

Exhibition runs from 25 February to 22 April 2016