Sydney Carter 001

About the artist

Sydney Carter (1874–1945) was an English-born South African artist, illustrator and educator. He studied in London (Walthamstow School of Art and the Royal College) before moving to South Africa in 1923. Carter traveled extensively before settling in Johannesburg in 1926, later teaching art at the Witwatersrand Technical College. He painted mainly in gouache and oil, focusing on landscapes, trees, farm cottages and S…