Created in the 1940s by Richard Ogle, Baca Ceremonial Costume, Southern Natal is a vivid oil painting that documents traditional dress and cultural ceremony from the region. Painted in bright, expressive colours, the work highlights the intricate patterns, textures, and symbolic presence of Baca ceremonial attire.

The artist’s confident use of colour and form brings vitality and movement to the composition, reflecting both respect for tradition and a mid-20th-century documentary sensibility. Measuring 27 × 35.4 cm, this painting is an engaging and historically significant example of cultural portraiture, well suited to collectors of vintage African art and original oil paintings from the 1940s.

Details:

• Artist: Richard Ogle

• Title: Baca Ceremonial Costume, Southern Natal

• Period: 1940s

• Medium: Oil painting

• Size: 27 × 35.4 cm

• Colour Palette: Bright and expressive

• Style: Figurative / Cultural / Vintage