Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection
The Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection stands as one of the country's most distinguished and comprehensive collections of its kind. Its origins date back to the late 1960s, and since then, it has expanded to encompass over 1,200 works by 250 (mainly) South African artists.
Collectively, these artworks communicate the observations, aspirations and concerns of our country’s finest artists, providing a reflection of the physical, social and cultural fabric of South Africa in all its intriguing complexity. It is our privilege to hold and grow this fine collection and we are committed to its safeguarding whilst making it accessible for the education and enjoyment of future generations.
The artworks are housed mainly in offices and meeting rooms at the Standard Bank campuses in Rosebank, Simmonds Street, the Global Leadership Centre and other regional offices across the country.
Sir Daniel Macnee (1806-1882)
Portrait of Robert Stewart
1877/78
Oil on canvas
1240 x 980
Acquired: 1968
Jan De Reyniers
A view of Table Bay, Cape Town
c1680
Oil on canvas
720 x 890
Acquired: 1974
Walter Whall Battiss (1906 - 1982)
Bushmen impressions (African Art)
1970
Oil on canvas 1200 x 2125
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes (1926 -2009)
Mural
1970
Incised painted wood
2130 x 6110
Acquired: 1971
Maria Magdalena (Maggie) Laubser (1886 - 1973)
Farm workers
1920
Oil on board 280 x 340
Acquired: 1995
Maria Magdalena (Maggie) Laubser (1886 - 1973)
Cape Farm house
1920
Oil on board
340 x 430
Acquired: 1997