Irma Stern grew up on a farm in Schweizer-Reneke, playing with insects in the dust and admiring the dry flowers. It was not until she was a young woman, living in Berlin, that she realized how deeply the arid landscape of her childhood had inspired in her a passion for Africa which was to reach its full expression in her art. Fighting the conventions of her day and the scorn of art critics, Irma worked hard to establish herself, travelling to exotic and remote locations to find inspiration for her art. By the time she died, her reputation as one of South Africa's most foremost artists was sealed and today her paintings are highly sought-after all over the world.
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