Irmin Henkel by Henkel, Margot
A Very Scarce Book.
Irmin Henkel by Henkel, Margot.
The Book is Very Good with 3 stamps by the South African Dept of National Education Library. The DJ has slight edge wear and some small edge tears. Protected with Cellophane.
Hardcover, ISBN 9780409104806
Publisher: Butterworths, Durban/ Pretoria, 1983 First edition.
Original light brown cloth boards with no titling. 12 prelims, 187 pages, full colour as well as black and white illustrations. The signature on the title page is a printed reproduction.
1939 – 1946 he studied medicine, during and after service in the German army, practising orthopaedic surgery. He was mostly, a self-taught artist. humour, which relaxed the sitter and enabled the artist to observe his characteristic disposition and expressions.
"I have been unable to decide whether to become a physician or an artist (painter). As a result of this uncertainty, I have pursued both careers..." Henkel, a German who emigrated to South Africa in 1951, was an orthopedic surgeon and artist, and this biography by his wife Margot spans his early years as part of the fanatical Hitler Youth, to his years in South Africa up to his sudden death in 1977, and includes a comprehensive list of his portraits, drawings and paintings in chronological order.
