Johannes MEINTJES

1923 - 1980

paintings and writings

Johannes Petrus Meintjes - the writer

Johannes Petrus Meintjes - his drawings and paintings

Johannes MEINTJES during the mid-1960s

A brief comment about this site

An internet search will bring to the fore a lot of information about Johannes Meintjes as a writer, but hardly anything about his very active life as a painter. This webpage hopefully will fill in some gaps.

Please click on the following for details:

Extended C.V.

 

Writings

List of books published by Johannes Meintjes

Dust covers and list of books

Some of his books are available on CD

The MEINTJES Omnibus CD - ISBN 1-920091-04-1

The following books are included on this CD: De La Rey - Lion of the West General Louis Botha President Steyn Sword in the Sand - Gideon Scheepers The Voortrekkers The Commandant General - Petrus Jacobus Joubert President Paul Kruger Sandile - the fall of the Xhosa nation

to find out more about this or other CDs, please click here or check on this link!

Of interest for further research: Johannes Meintjes bequeathed his manuscripts in English to the NELM in Grahamstown and his manuscripts in Afrikaans to the NALN, Bloemfontein.

 

Paintings

Exhibitions overview

Johannes Meintjes held innumerable solo exhibitions throughout South Africa (including Gallery 101 Johannesburg in 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 - most of which were near sell-outs)

Some exhibitions worth mentioning are:

   1963 - Gallery 101, Johannesburg (Retrospective 1943-1963)

1965 - SA Association of Arts, Cape Town

Johannes MEINTJES at R.A.U., Johannesburg - Retrospective 1990 (photo © Kobus Opperman archives)

1990 - Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg (Retrospective: Homage to Johannes Meintjes - opening address by Dr Hermien McCaul-Domisse)

1990 - Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein (a tribute)

2010 Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (18th July - 28th August, 2010)

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A selection of Paintings in Museum and University Collections

Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein - 1 work

Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria - 4 works

Willem Annandale Art Gallery, Lichtenburg - Ditsobotla - 13 works

University of Johannesburg (R.A.U. Campus), Johannesburg - 1 work

University of Stellenbosch Museum, Stellenbosch - 76 works

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A selection of Paintings in Corporate Collections

SANLAM Art Collection - 3 works

SASOL Art Collection - 2 works

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A selection of Paintings in Other Public Collections

Molteno High School, Molteno - Meintjes Room - 74 works (images only) or List only: PDF

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A selection of Paintings in Private Collections

Johannes MEINTJES "Landscape", 1960 700x457mm (Priv. Coll., New Zealand)

Album - A first selection of 50 paintings in private collections

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Complete listing of paintings as recorded by the artist in his diaries, with first owners

(with kind permission of Colin Pretorius and Kobus Opperman)

Dagboek 1 - 1941-1946 (#001-155) - 992 KB

Dagboek 2 - 1947-1951 (#156-328) - 1276 KB

Dagboek 3 - 1951-1955 (#329-486) - 1110 KB

Catalogue of all paintings (Dagboeke 1-10) - 413 KB

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A few articles and reviews

Lantern, Pretoria - 1963 March - Vol. XII, No. 3, pp. 80/89 (in Afrikaans + English - 1.83 MB)

Lantern, Pretoria - 1963 March - Vol. XII, No. 3, p. 93 (Summary in English)

„The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors including Namibia“ (Ogilvie / Graff) (Everard Read), 1988 – ISBN 0 620 12663 9 – listed on p. 437/8

 

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SA Art News and Review, Johannesburg - 6th July, 1961, p.8

Die Transvaler, Johannesburg - 12th July, 1962 - illustrated

Beeld Kalender, Johannesburg (Elza Miles) - 18th June, 1990

KZN Literary Tourism website - 2007

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Works offered on Sotheby's / Welz auctions

Lot 496 - Welz Cape Town - 29th May, 2012 - illustrated

Lot 420 + 421 - Welz Johannesburg - 24th April, 2012 - illustrated

Lot 571 + 573 - Welz Cape Town - 18th October, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 522 - Welz Cape Town - 31st May/1st June, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 611 + 612 - Welz Cape Town - 5th October, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 327 - Welz Johannesburg - 17th August, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 462, 656, 664 - Welz / Sotheby's Cape Town - 20th/21st October, 2009 - illustrated

Lot 320 + 321 - Welz / Sotheby's Cape Town - 24th/25th February, 2009 - illustrated

Lot 298 + 299 - Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 11th November, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 335 - Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 5th/6th August, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 378-387 + 571-575 - Welz / Sotheby's Cape Town - 27th/28th May, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 667, 668, 669 - Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 15th/17th April, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 414 - Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 19th/21st November, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 163 + 406 - Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 30th July, 2007 - one illustrated

Lot 683 + 684 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 29th May, 2007 - one illustrated

Lot 591 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 16th April, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 298 + 299 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 20th & 21st November, 2006 - one illustrated

Lot 515 + 544 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 23rd & 24th May, 2006 - one illustrated

Lot 380 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 27th & 28th March, 2006 - illustrated

Lot 147 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 21st & 22nd November, 2005 - not illustrated

Lot 327 + 328 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 10th & 11th October, 2005 - both illustrated

Lot 434 + 472 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 5th & 6th Sept., 2005 - none illustrated

Lot 122 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 18th, 19th & 20th April, 2005 - illustrated

Lot 238 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 15th November, 2004 - not illustrated

Lot 647 + 648 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 26th & 27th October, 2004 - both illustrated

Lot 525 + 606 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 31st May, 2004 - none illustrated

Lot 241 + 518 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 30th & 31st March, 2004 - one illustrated

Lot 645 + 647 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 4th & 5th November, 2003 - one illustrated

Lot 418 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 20th & 21st October, 2003 - illustrated

Lot 245 + 474 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 11th November, 2002 - none illustrated

Lot 372 + 373 + 455 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - 12th November, 2001 - none illustrated

Lot 217 - Sotheby's Cape Town - 16th & 17th October, 2001 - not illustrated

 

Works offered on Strauss & Co Fine Arts auctions

Lot 216, 265, 383, 384, 423, 424 - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 11th June, 2012 - illustrated

Lot 607 - Strauss & Co., Cape Town - 6th February, 2012 - illustrated

Lot 52, 257 - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 7th November, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 201, 322, 352, 353, 355 - Strauss & Co., Cape Town - 18th September, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 136, 137, 256, 258, 273 - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 16th May, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 295, 296, 297, 298 - Strauss & Co., Cape Town - 7th March, 2011 - all illustrated

Lot 193 - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 1st November, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 245 + 246 - Strauss & Co., Cape Town - 11th October, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 137, 183, 260, 261 - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 24th May, 2010 - all illustrated

Lot 415-421 - Strauss & Co., Cape Town - 15th March, 2010 Part II. - all illustrated

Lot 141 + Lot 301 - Strauss & Co., Cape Town - 8th October, 2009 - Sessions Part I. + II. - both illustrated

Lot 41 + Lot 42 - Strauss & Co., Johannesburg - 7th September, 2009 - Session Part I. - both illustrated

 

Works offered at Bonham's London

Lot 119 - Bonham's Knightsbridge London - "SA Sale 18962" - 25th October, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 90 - Bonham's New Bond Street London - "SA Sale 18788" - 23rd March, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 109 - Bonham's New Bond Street London - "SA Sale 16744" - 18th February, 2009 - illustrated

 

Works offered on other auctions in South Africa

Lot 220 - Rudd's Auctioneers, Cape Town - 8th November, 2011 - illustrated

Johannes Meintjes "Maanlig of die stoep by Groot Zeekoegat", 1945 oil/board 75x50cm cat JM Dagboek 303

Lot P73 - Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 29th October, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 446 - Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 1st August, 2011 - illustrated

Lot P95 - Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 12th March, 2011 - illustrated

Lot 177 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 20th February, 2011 - illustrated

Lot P27 - Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 30th October, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 224 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 10th June, 2010 - illustrated

Lot P53 + P78 - Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 8th May, 2010 - illustrated

Lot P34 - Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 10th April, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 121 + 130 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 21st February, 2010 - illustrated

Lot 252 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 15th October, 2009 - illustrated

Lot 136 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 23rd August, 2009 - illustrated

Lot 740 + 741 - Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 20th July, 2009 - illustrated

Lot 127 - Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - June 2009 - illustrated

Lot 416 - Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 30th March, 2009 - illustrated

Lot 389 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 21st August, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 173 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 17th August, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 242 + 349 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 19th June, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 112 + 113 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 25th May, 2008 - illustrated

Lot 507 - Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 12th November, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 384 - Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 17th September, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 243 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 19th August, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 271 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 10th June, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 317 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 24th May, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 190 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 22nd April, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 211 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 25th February, 2007 - illustrated

Lot 280 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 14th December, 2006 - illustrated

Lot 173 - 5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 3rd December, 2006 - illustrated

Lot 231 - Ashbey's Cape Town - 19th October, 2006 - illustrated

Lot 91 - Volk's Art Auctions, Pretoria - 2nd September, 1983, listed

 

An Essay by Kobus Opperman

Unpublished manuscript © 2007 - 71 pp. - richly illustrated, compressed images - 4.09 MB

Should you wish to acquire this essay, or the complete research data, on a CD at a nominal fee, please email Johannes Meintjes' archivist for further details!

 

Additional links and further research

http://www.johannes-meintjes.co.za/ - a most comprehensive memorial website on Johannes Meintjes set up by Kobus Opperman (greatly updated October, 2011)

www.pelmama.org - do an internal search for "Meintjes"!

http://www.literarytourism.co.za/ - search for "Meintjes"

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Last updated 12th May, 2012

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