Images of Eyes Gallery II
Nude Oil Paintings by Evan Oberholster
South Africa

"The human nude is one of the oldest genres of artistic expression.  Yet too often its depiction remains cloying, sentimental, romanticised…I try to work beyond the envelope of convention." (Evan Oberholster in an interview with "ArtAfrica").

Evan Oberholster was born in 1956 in South Africa.  After completing a Fine Art degree at the University of Pretoria, he moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where he worked as an artist and illustrator.

In 1994, he returned to South Africa to live in Cape Town.

Evan Oberholster's male and female nudes were recently featured in May 2002 in a large group exhibition, "The Art of Colour," at the Knysna Fine Art Gallery.  He recently had a solo exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa.  It developed the theme of the nude not as romanticized perfection, but as part of everyday life and sensuality.

"A Man's Back" by Evan Oberholster
Image Copyright © by Evan Oberholster

"Making Music" by Evan Oberholster
Image Copyright © by Evan Oberholster

"Another World" by Evan Oberholster
Image Copyright © by Evan Oberholster

"In My Arms" by Evan Oberholster
Image Copyright © by Evan Oberholster

"The Reading" by Evan Oberholster
Image Copyright © by Evan Oberholster

"The Best Man" by Evan Oberholster
Image Copyright © by Evan Oberholster

Oberholster's website is http://www.evanoberholster.com/
Oberholster's email is eoberholster@iafrica.com
To enquire about online sales contact Richard Kaplan at rjkaplan@iafrica.com

See also the nude paintings by Antoine de Villiers of South Africa

Page updated Dec 31, 2005