FRANCOIS ROUX
A R E T R O S P E C T I V E E X H I B I T I O N
Born in 1927 in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Francois Roux showed natural artistic talent from an early age. After studying at the Royal Academy of Art in London in the late 1940s Roux returned to Zimbabwe to nurse his ailing parents. In 1967 he moved to Cape Town where he lived until his death in 2013. Perhaps a result of growing up on a farm, Roux loved the outdoors and dedicated his life to painting the mountains, rocks, sand dunes and trees. His distinct abstraction of subject matter, use of bright, jewel-like colour and the love of natural subjects would be the qualities that Roux would pursue, explore and interrogate for the duration of his life and career. He never wavered from this artistic vision; he chose to hone what he believed in, rather than to keep up with international art trends. This is made apparent in this large exhibition of work where you can see the same artistic exploration and curiosity in the brush strokes of a boyhood self-portrait, as you can in his colossal landscapes, as you can in his final painting of a wild, turbulent sea.
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ROCKWELL FARM RIVER
68 x 98cm
Signed and dated '61
Oil on Board
Private Collection
AURORA
100 x 130cm
Signed and dated '05
Oil on Canvas
R 40 000
THE QUEEN'S BLOCK HOUSE
55 x 70cm
Signed and dated '84
Oil on Canvas
R 22 000
UNTITLED (ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE WITH ALOE)
31.5 x 36.5cm
Oil on Canvas
R 8 400
UNTITLED (THE OLD WAGON)
64.5 x 91cm
Signed and dated '84
Oil on Canvas
R 18 000
WHITE SAND, ROOTS
49 x 59cm
Signed and dated '88
Oil on Canvas
R 14 000
TANGLED TREE
34 x 45cm
Signed and dated '76
Oil on Board
R 12 000
UNTITLED
55 x 75cm
Signed and dated '83
Oil on Canvas
R 16 000 - reserved
HERMANUS, GROTTO BAY
49.5 x 59.5cm
Signed and dated '09
Oil on Canvas
R16 000
STADSAL CAVE, CEDERBERG
45.5 x 60cm
Signed and dated '04
Oil on Board
R 18 000
TREE STUMPS, RONDEBOSCH COMMON
42 x 70.5cm
Signed and dated '84
Oil on Canvas
R 12 000
FALLEN LOGS ACROSS STREAM
69.5 x 89.5cm
Signed and dated '71
Oil on Canvas
R 18 000
LICHEN ON ROCKS
43 x 51.5cm
Signed and dated '91
Oil on Canvas
R 16 000
FARM IN UMTALI RHODESIA
41 x 69cm
Signed and dated '67
Oil on Canvas
R 18 000
VIEW OF DEVIL'S PEAK FROM 7 PARK ROAD
60.5 x 75.5cm
Signed and dated
Oil on Canvas
R 16 000, sold
UNTITLED (STUDIO STILL LIFE)
39.5 x 60cm
Signed and dated '75
Oil on Canvas
R 12 000
STILL LIFE WITH MANNEQUIN
33.5 x 47.5cm
Signed and dated '84
Oil on Board
R 8000
WEAVING, LOOM
40 x 50cm
Signed and dated '75
Oil on Canvas
R 12 000
STILL LIFE, SHELLS I
16.5 22.5cm
Signed and dated '76
Oil on Panel
R 6 000
STILL LIFE, SHELLS II
15.5 x 29cm
Signed and dated '74
Oil on Panel
R 6 000
FARM SCENE
165 x 33cm
Inscribed with title and signed
Watercolour on paper
R 3 800
UNTITLED
37.5 x 55cm
Signed and dated '79
Watercolour on Paper
R 4 200
FARM, OX WAGON AND BARRELS
29 x 39.5cm
Signed and dated '57
Oil on Board
R 6 000, sold
TREE AND ROCKSCAPE
27.5 x 41cm
Signed and dated '90
Ink on Paper
R 4 200
UNTITLED ( MOUNTAIN STUDY)
23.5 x 31cm
Signed and dated '81
Pencil & Chalk on Paper
R 3 600
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN
50.5 x 42.5cm
Signed and dated '60
Oil on Canvas
R 16 000, sold
STEPS TO OLIVE GROVE
53 x 32cm
Signed and dated '08
Oil on Board
R 12 000
GREY GORGE, ROCKS, YELLOW TREE
64 x 49cm
Signed and dated '95
Oil on Canvas
R 18 000
UNTITLED
53 x 36.5cm
Signed and dated 2000
Watercolour on Paper
R 6 200
THE GREAT HOUSE, ESSEX
48.5 x 40.5cm
Signed
Oil on Canvas
R 6 000
BAOBAB
58.5 x 88.5cm
Signed and dated '97
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection.