Frans David Oerder, Dutch / South African 1867-1944- A Boer War battle scene; grey wash heightened with white on paper, signed and dated ‘FD Oerder / 1900’ (lower left), 29 x 21.7 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Spink London, 20-21 October 1999, lot 817.; Private Collection, UK. Note: The present work, en grisaille, shows a British Officer, sword in hand, leading a party of Irregulars as they storm a boulder-strewn slope amid artillery and small-arms fire. Oerder was a Dutch-born Pro-Boer artist. Ryno Greenwall notes: 'In 1899 Oerder joined the Boer forces and sketched in the field. He is regarded as South Africa’s first official war artist. He was accompanied by Nicholaas Hofmeyer, a history lecturer at the Staats Gymnaium in Pretoria. Hofmeyer was appointed the official chronicler of the War by Kruger. This led to his writing 'Zes Maanden bij de Commandos', which was published in the Hague in 1900. Oerder was interned as a P.O.W. at the camp on Meintjieskop. During his internment he continued with his drawings and paintings. His artistic ability came to the notice of the British authorities, who approached him to do sketches and portraits. Consequently he was allowed certain privileges not normally granted to prisoners. He was eventually allowed to return to his studio, where he continued to work. He was however still kept under house arrest.' Oerder’s paintings can be found in the MuseuMAfricA, the Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein and the University of Pretoria. 品相报告: Please refer to department for condition report