Nude Oil Paintings by Evan Oberholster, South Africa

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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.

Nude painting entitled A Man's Back
by Evan Oberholster of South Africa