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Carl Walter Meyer (31 January 1965 – 22 December 2017) was a South African artist born inAliwal North,Eastern Cape. Meyer graduated from theUniversity of Pretoria with a degree inFine Art. He furthered his studies at the "Staatliche Kunstakademie” inDüsseldorf,Western Germany, under professorMichael Buthe. He was living inUpington,Northern Cape at the time of his death.
Meyer matriculated with a distinction in art in 1982.[1] As a university student Meyer also got distinctions for his fine-arts degree at theUniversity of Pretoria, winning the New Signature prize for painting in 1984.[1] Meyer studied under Professor Nico Roos and John Clarke. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s with his distinctive landscape studies. Walter Meyer painted landscapes, portraits, still life, wildlife and abstract paintings and he also sculpted in wood[2] He was married first to Catharina Scheepers and then to Sophia (maiden surname unknown). Meyer and Scheepers finalised their divorce in 2008. He lived with his second wife Sophia Meyer, 27, in the housing suburb of Augrabies Park inUpington,Northern Cape. They married on 27 June 2010. The couple had a troubled marriage and his wife Sophia Meyer is accused of his murder.[3]
Meyer has work hanging inNew York and the South African Art Gallery.[3] He was represented by Everard Read Gallery. Professor Andries Bezuidenhout claims that Walter Meyer painted the demise ofAfrikaner nationalism.[4] Meyer has become known for expressing the mundane and less desirable side of reality. His style was inspired by quality of the light at dawn or dusk, and the heat of the arid desert landscapes. Meyer's paintings have been compared to works byPierneef.[4]
Meyer was found dead at his home in Upington on 28 December 2017. The Northern Cape police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Dimakatso Mooi said Meyer was stabbed with a sharp object. Meyer was allegedly involved in a quarrel with his wife and she allegedly stabbed him in the chest.[4]