PAUL BOSMAN (1929 – 2011)
Mafunyane
year unknown
Artists Proof
80 x 50 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Wildlife artist Paul Bosman spent his early years in the Great Karoo before moving, with his parents, to Botswana. ‘I think inspiration for my work comes from having spent my childhood in the wilderness area of Botswana surrounded by nature,’ he said.
In 1969, Bosman established a luxury photographic safari lodge in what was then Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where he began to paint the prolific bird and animal life.
In 1982, he migrated with his family to the United States.
In addition to his original pastel paintings, he also produced large-scale oil paintings and three-dimensional African wildlife sculptures.
His work is represented in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Wildlife Art in the United States and illustrates three books in collaboration writer/biologist Dr Anthony Hall-Martin: Elephants of Africa, The Magnificent Seven and Cats of Africa, published by Smithsonian Institution Press.