Cliff Baard

Cliff Baard

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About Cliff

Cliff is an Artist with SouthAfricanArtists.com based in South Africa.

Born in 1954, Cliff Baard had no formal training but showed an early talent for drawing and painting. He moved with his parents from the Transvaal to the Cape at the age of ten and was enrolled at Somerset House Preparatory School, Somerset West. When he won an art competition the following year, his talent was encouraged and furthered by his Headmaster, Les Webb, who arranged informal weekly lessons with Irma Stern, one of the judges who had shown interest in meeting the young artist. She continued to guide him for the next couple of years.

Cliff Baard retired from the computer industry in 2002 to pursue his love of painting, working in oils on canvas. His major influences have been the French Impressionists Monet, Pissarro and Degas, while inspiration has also come from the South Africans Hugo Naude, Piet van Heerden and Tito Fasciotti.

His aim is to paint the spirit of nature with sensation and different tonal values that expresses a unified overall harmony in his landscapes, not merely revealing the beauty of the scene but inviting the viewer to discover something new on every viewing.

Price Range

US$1,589-1,589

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Exhibitions

Stellenbosch Art Gallery Gala Summer Exhibition from 23 November 2006.
Cape Gallery 18 Febuary to 10 March 2007

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