1913: Netherlands & London | Pieter Hugo Naudé

Street scene, Utrecht Holland #

*Signed “H.Naudé” lower left, inscribed with the title on the reverse, oil on panel 19.5 x 14.5cm excl.frame; 39 x 34 x 2.5cm incl.frame (Strauss & Co. lot 128, 1 June 2020).*

Dutch Windmill “after Rembrandt” #

Etching from the late architect D.F. Hugo Naudé Estate cat.no.158 signed “Hugo Naudé” lower right 19.7 x 14.5cm, given to “Wollie” by Adèle Naudé. Roets, p.91 & p.182 App.B no.58, dates it to the artist’s time of study at King’s Road College in 1913.

Below Waterloo Bridge #

*“City maybe London” photo kindly sent by Carmen Welz to the author in October 2020.*

Signed “Hugo Naudé” lower right and title lower left margins, etching 22 x 15cm. Artist friend Lippy Lipshitz had a copy (Roets, p.182 App.B no.63). 12.5 x 18.5cm excl.frame; 47 x 42 x 4cm incl.frame. Provenance: Mr Robert Jones, South African ambassador in London, thence by descent to current owner (Strauss & Co. lot 579, 14 April 2020).

Bridge Sketches #

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Etching #

A Bridge by Night #

Signed “H.N.” lower right, pastel on paper 22 x 29cm excl.frame; 47.5 x 52.5 x 2cm incl.frame. Notes: executed during the artist’s Grand Tour of Europe in 1913. Provenance: a gift from the artist to the current owner’s mother-in-law (Strauss & Co. lot 342, 7 May 2018).

Euston station, London #

*Chalk pastel on paper 29.5 x 22cm excl.frame; 49 x 40 x 4cm incl.frame, inscribed with title and circa 1912 on a label adhered to the reverse (Strauss & Co. lot 164, 15 November 2013).*

London #

*Signed “H.N.” lower right, pastel on paper 29.2 x 21.6cm (Adèle Naudé, p.39 Fig.21).*

Possibly influenced by Van Gogh’s Starry Night?

St Pauls from the Thames #

*Watercolour on paper 22 x 17cm/8.7 x 6.7in (artnet).*

Thames River with St.Pauls #

Signed “Hugo Naudé” lower right and left, oil on board 34 x 24cm. NC Krone collection (Roets, p.175, App.A photo XIII).

Study for Boats alongside a Wharf #

*Signed “H.N.” lower right, oil on board. Private collection: Apparently painted at Rotterdam harbour which was near his Utrecht painting above.*

Boats alongside a Wharf #

*Signed “Naudé” lower right, oil on panel laid down on board 14.5 x 21cm (Strauss & Co. lot 496, 12 October 2015, Cape Town).*

Again the Impressionists’ orange reflection in the water to evoke movement is present.

Paintings to the right, top: London Thames-side; painting below: London Bridge #

*Die Kunskamer Exhibition cat.nos 26 & 27.*

Shrewsbury #

Signed and dated “Hugo Naudé, 1913”, watercolour 20 x 14cm. NC Krone (Roets, p.182 App.B no.53). Also noted under additional paintings in HNH catalogue printout – Curator said it wasn’t at The Studio.

Possibly Waterloo Bridge seen from another angle? Many Thanks to Carmen Welz for sending image to the author on 5 August 2023.↩︎