Christine Seifert

C H R I S T I N E S E I F E RT

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S E I F E R T was born 1954 in Bamberg, Germany. When she was only two years old, the family immigrated to Tanzania to work on a coffee plantation on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. She was sent to boarding school in Nairobi, Kenya. This privileged life came to an abrupt end when, in 1973 coffee farms in the Moshi /Arusha area were nationalised. The family had no choice, but to leave the country and returned to Germany.

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After this, Christine spent many years in different European countries, as well as three years in South Africa. She started painting and with time it became the centre of her life. In 2002 Christine returned to Tanzania on a safari and the overwhelming experience triggered off her ‘Savannahs’.

Every year she spends some time in Eastern Africa. 2008 she returned, together with her husband, Chris von Zastrow, to Kigali in Rwanda. Since June 2011 they have been transferred to Lausanne in Switzerland where Christine will continue with her work and travels to East Africa.

Christine’s unique technique of using watercolour and ink on paper laid on canvas, evolved from her desire to keep the free, sketch-like expressions, even on a larger scale.

2009 2011

‘Zanzibar Sketchbook’ was published by Gallery Publications, Zanzibar, Tanzania Participation in the East African Art Biennale in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania The diverse works of Christine Seifert are exhibited in Galleries in Europe and East Africa and have collectors around the world.

PHOTOGRAPHS THE URGE TO POUR COLOUR, COULOUR THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE I TOSSED METRES OF BRIGHT INDIAN SILK INTO THE AIR THE WIND, MY UNRAVELLING PAINT BRUSH MY CAMERA TO CAPTURE THE SPLIT SECONDS

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‘Three Men and a Dog’ Oil on board 16" x 12" Signed

C RICKET F INE A RT Requests the pleasure of your company at the

PRIVATE VIEW of

C H R I S T I N E S E I F E RT at 2 Park Walk, London, SW10 0AD Tuesday 11th October 2011 6.00 – 8.00pm The exhibition continues until 22nd October.

Paintings are for sale on receipt of the catalogue.

The full exhibition can be viewed at www.cricketfineart.co.uk

2 Park Walk Chelsea London SW10 0AD Tel: 020 7352 2733 Mobile: 07778 568 367 email: info@cricketfineart.co.uk website: www.cricketfineart.co.uk

‘Camels to Market’

‘Leopard in a Tree’

‘Two Kudis’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 53" x 76"

Watercolour and ink on paper laid onto canvas 51" x 37"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 49" x 39"

‘Oryx’ (Triptych)

‘Two Saddle-Bill Stalks’

‘Sitting Maasai’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 53" x 70"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 37" x 35"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 33" x 35"

‘Four Maasai Resting’

‘Thomson Gazelles’

‘Resting Maasai’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 51" x 70"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 35" x 33"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 51" x 24"

‘Serengeti Migration’ (Triptych) Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 33" x 106"

‘Three Zebras at a Watering Hole’

‘Ethiopian Gallop’ (Triptych)

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 39" x 51" Signed

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 78" x 881/2"

‘The Brothers’

‘Mother and Baby Giraffe’

‘Ostrich’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 39" x 51"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 53" x 37"

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 39" x 251/2" Signed

‘Hippo Watching’

‘Cheetah’

‘Rendille’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas 33" x 35"

Watercolour and ink collage on paper 26" x 38"

Watercolour and ink collage on paper 47" x 26"

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‘Reclining Silk Savanna’

‘Silk Paint Brush’

‘Guinea Fowl’ (Triptych)

Photograph 15" x 15" Limited Edition 7

Photograph 15" x 15" Limited Edition 7

Standing Screen ??" x ??"

C RICKET F INE A RT

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