Willem Hermanus COETZER (1900 – 1983)
Amajuba
1943
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
Bantoehutte
1958
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
Bosveldtoneel: Landscape with giraffe
1949
etching on paper
32.5 x 48 cm
Dr. Pellisier
1963 – 1964
oil on canvas
61.2 x 51 cm
Drakensberg
1941
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
Kranskop Nylstroom, Transvaal
year unknown
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
professional photograph still required
Laeveld
1945
oil on canvas
40 x 60 cm
Mount Aux Source
year unknown
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
Oorhandiging Van Bybel
1958
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
Stillewe Met Perskes
1976
pastel on paper
size not yet recorded
Watervalboven
1965
oil on canvas
size not yet recorded
BIOGRAPHY
Willem Hermanus Coetzer was born in Tarkastad, and moved with his family, at the age of two, to Johannesburg where he lived for most of his life. His father, a gold miner, died when Coetzer was very young.
On his return to South Africa after a study period in Britain, he became interested in his Afrikaner roots and embarked on research into the life, times and artefacts of the Voortrekker period, even walking in the Voortrekker routes. He set out to reconstruct pictorially the history and spirit of Afrikanerdom and went to great pains to ensure the accuracy of his visual records.
He also produced numerous still-life paintings.