Nico Roos 001

About the artist

Nico Roos was a South African painter and academic born in 1940. Raised in the Northern Cape's arid farmlands, he earned a PhD at the University of Pretoria, later heading that university's Fine Arts Department (1974–99). Roos exhibited steadily from the 1980s, holding over 20 solos. His Impressionist-influenced landscapes captured the muted tones of the Karoo and Namibia, reflecting both his homeland's scenery and t…