
The Leliekloof system of rock art sites lies 6km due west of Jamestown in the Eastern Cape. It is situated in a gorge that winds its way in sweeping curves through the landscape of the Stormberg Mountains. In the 1930’s Walter Battiss, the father of South African Impressionism and an artist deeply concerned with grounding his work in the texture and landscape of southern Africa, called Leliekloof the “Valley of Art”, and for good reason. There is a rich variation in subject matter, animals, styles and symbolism in the different shelters. Access to the sites is from the farm Leliekloof...
(GPS coordinates: -31.128273, 26.717892)
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