Patrick 'Pat' Hart
| Patrick 'Pat' Hart | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Patrick_Hart_Self_Portrait_(Ennui).jpg Self Portrait - Ennui (1947), 510 x 410 mm | |
| Born | South Africa, Johannesburg |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Modernist Art |
| Movement | New Group 1938-1953 |
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Patrick Hart was a South African artist who produced modernist oil paintings during the 1940s - 1950s while being heavily influenced by the New Group movement. According to art historian Esmé Berman[1], Patrick Hart joined the New Group movement as a guest artist and exhibited at the Van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival exhibition in 1952[2] in Cape Town, South Africa, alongside names such as Walter Battiss, Alexis Preller, Irma Stern, Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, Gregoire Boonzaier, Bettie Cilliers-Barnard, Johannes Meintjes, Maggie Laubser and Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk.
ENNUI (Self Protrait) 1947
In 1947, Patrick Hart produced a self-portrait which he titled "ENNUI" (handwritten on the back of the portrait). The noun 'ennui', (pronounced /ɑːnˈwiː/ or /ɒnˈwiː/), [3] refers to a lack of spirit, lack of enthusiasm, or lack of interest, a feeling of listlessness, deep boredom, and general dissatisfaction caused by a lack of excitement, lack of interest, or lack of purpose.
Late Maize (1951)
Patrick Hart’s 1951 oil on board titled ‘Late Maize’ (image below) was sponsored by the Van Riebeeck Tercentenary Festival of 1952, and endorsed as Catalogue No: 63 with an insurance value of 45 Gns (Guineas). The endorsement shows that in 1951, Hart lived in Johannesburg at Villiers Court on De Villiers Street.
The Blue Plate (1952)
Patrick Hart’s 1952 ‘The Blue Plate’ (oil on board) (image available below) shows his address as Marina Court, Bertha Street, Kenilworth, Johannesburg.
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References
- ↑ Berman, Esmé (1975). The Story of South African Painting (1st ed.). AA Balkema, Cape Town. ISBN 0869610678. Search this book on
- ↑ Berman, Esmé (1994). Berman’s Art & Artists of South Africa (3rd ed.). Southern Book Publishers, Cape Town. p. 514. ISBN 1868123456. Search this book on
- ↑ Merriam-Webster (n.d.). "Ennui. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary". Retrieved October 11, 2026. Unknown parameter
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