Landscape 1

CCAC #: 0312
Artwork title: Landscape 1
Artist(s): Meyer Uranovsky
Year made: Unknown
Artwork type: Paper
Medium: Charcoal on paper, laid onto board
Framed dimensions (in mm): 450 x 642
Artwork series: Landscapes (Meyer Uranovsky)
Source: Given to Justice Sachs by Louis Schachat, Die Kunskamer, Cape Town; and donated to the CCAC
Year acquired: 1997
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: In storage
Signage:

Meyer Uranovsky’s landscape works are less about depicting a place as it appears and more about expressing how it feels. His drawings carry a visceral intensity—charged with emotion, often unsettling, and deeply thought-provoking. Rather than offering a purely scenic view, Uranovsky’s landscapes seem to hold psychological weight, inviting the viewer to sense the atmosphere and inner life of the environment.


CCAC 434150

Photographer: Ben Law-Viljoen
Photo copyright: CCT

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