An Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Juta, Jan
Title:
Jan Juta Art Collection
Dates:
1920-1926
Extent:
10 items
Abstract:
Works in the Jan Juta Art Collection
include paintings of scenes of Corsican and Sardinian life and culture
Call Number:
Art Collection AR-00135
Language:
English
Access:
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Restrictions on Use:
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Jan Juta was born in South Africa in 1890. Throughout his career he worked as a
painter, muralist, illustrator, and stained glass artist in South Africa, the
United
States, France, and England. He died in the United States in 1990.
Sources:
Scope and Contents
Works in the Jan Juta Art Collection include paintings of scenes of Corsican and
Sardinian life and culture, which were published in either D.H. Lawrence's Sea and Sardinia (1921), or Réné Juta's
(Hansard, Réné, -1940) Concerning Corsica
(1926). Also included in the collection is a charcoal on paper portrait of D.
H.
Lawrence.
Related Material
Correspondence from Juta to D.H. Lawrence can be found in the D. H. Lawrence
Collection (MS-02404).
