Maggie LAUBSER
1886 - 1973
Paintings, drawings, graphic work
Maggie Laubser 1961 in front of her house ”Altyd Lig” in The Strand - slide©THF
Brief C.V.
Maggie Laubser (Magdalena Maria Laubser), was born on 14th April, 1886, on the farm Bloublommetjieskloof in the Malmesbury District, and died on 17th May 1973 at The Strand.
For further details, please refer to the many publications, some of which we list hereunder.
Quick reference: part of SANG 1969 retrospective catalogue chronology (PDF).
Exhibitions held at Gallery 101 Johannesburg
Gallery 101 Rand Central Johannesburg (43 paintings) - 24th April, 1962,
opened by Dr. P.J. Meyer, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the SABC
(descriptive exhibition catalogue)
Gallery 101 Rand Central Johannesburg – 18th May, 1970 - Sketches from a private collection
(drawings and gouaches from the sketchbooks of Maggie Laubser stretching over 50 years)
For further exhibitions, please refer to the many publications, some of which we list hereunder.
Additional data concerning these two exhibitions can be found in:
“Maggie Laubser – her paintings, drawings and graphics" (Perskor) (Marais) (1994) on pp. 72/73 and 82/83
"Harvesting", 1921 - three watercolours from the 1970 exhibition (Polaroid taken in 1983)
Some of the works from the Gallery 101 exhibition in both 1962 and in 1970 are illustrated under:
DM Cat. Nos. 76, 141, 142, 146, 147 148,149, 150, 151, 185, 186, 229, 243, 244, 430, 773, 1089, 1103, 1182, 1187, 1234, 1323, 1324, 1326, 1328, 1331, 1423, 1434, 1441, 1460, 1462, 1504, 1519, 1578, 1623, 1625, 1627, 1635, 1644, 1653, 1655, 1656
Other images from 1962 Exhibition at Gallery 101
DM Cat. 1103 - Coll. SABC Johannesburg
DM Cat. 1504
DM Cat. 1519
Selected Publications
OUR ART 1 (Lantern/SABC) (1959) (Prof. F.E.J. Malherbe), pp. 37/41, ill.
"Maggie Laubser Retrospective Exhibition" (SA National Gallery, Cape Town – 3rd July – 2nd September, 1969), ill. cat.
"Maggie Laubser" (Struik) (van Rooyen) (1974) – ISBN 0 86977 050 0
"Maggie Laubser – her paintings, drawings and graphics" (Perskor) (Dalene Marais) (1994) – ISBN 0 628 03461 X
„The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors including Namibia“ (Ogilvie / Graff) (Everard Read), 1988 – ISBN 0 620 12663 9 – listed on pp. 367/368, ill. opp. p. 364
"A Liberatory Vision - Maggie Laubser from the Sanlam Art Collection" (Hundt/Miles) (Sanlam Life), 2004 - ISBN 0-620-32715-4
Other Selected References
SA Panorama, Pretoria – February, 1969, pp. 28/29, ill.
SA Panorama, Pretoria – September, 1973, pp. 22/25, ill.
ARTLOOK 06 Johannesburg – 1967 April – Vol. 1 No VI, p. 2 ill.
ARTLOOK 22 Johannesburg – 1968 September – Vol. 2 No. 10, p. 23
ARTLOOK 36 Johannesburg – 1969 November, pp. 34/36, ill.
ARTLOOK 72 Johannesburg – 1972 November, Vol. 5 No. 11, p. 18, ill.
ARTLOOK 79 Johannesburg – 1973 June, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp. 4/5, ill. (Tribute to Maggie Laubser by Esmé Berman)
ARTLOOK 83 Johannesburg – 1973 October, Vol. 6 No. 10 pp. 24/25, ill.
ARTLOOK 96 Johannesburg – 1975 August/September Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 21/25, ill.
Press cuttings referring to Gallery 101's exhibition in 1962
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 30th April, 1962 (PDF)
Press cuttings referring to Gallery 101's exhibition in 1970
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 23rd May, 1970 (PDF)
"Lago di Garda", 1921 sketch
Maggie LAUBSER on PELMAMA's Youtube channel
Updated 20th May, 2016
