“City Hall, Cape Town 1917” by Robert Gwelo Goodman

“City Hall, Cape Town 1917” by Robert Gwelo Goodman shows the sizeable Edwardian building built in 1905 in the city center of Cape Town as the Town Hall for what was at the biggest city in Sout Africa.

It is located on the Grand Parade and is built from honey-colored oolitic limestone imported from Bath in England.

In 1990, only hours after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from the balcony of Cape Town City Hall. 

The City Hall no longer houses the offices of the City of Cape Town but has become a central venue for creative and cultural events.

A more recent view of the City Hall 

City Hall, Cape Town 1917

• Title:                     City Hall, Cape Town 1917
• Artist:                   Robert Gwelo Goodman
• Date:                    1917
• Medium:              Oil on canvas
• Dimensions:        H: 1,280 mm (50.39 in). W: 1,530 mm (60.24 in).
• Museum:              Iziko South African National Gallery

Robert Gwelo Goodman

• Artist:                   Robert Gwelo Goodman
• Born:                    1871 – Taplow, England
• Died:                    1939 – Cape Town
• Notable Works:
  • City Hall, Cape Town 1917

Explore the Iziko South African National Gallery

• “Firetail with his Trainer by the Rubbing-Down House on Newmarket Heath” by George Stubbs
• “Cape Town from the top of Kloof Street” by Heinrich Hermann
• “City Hall, Cape Town 1917” by Robert Gwelo Goodman
• “Rhodes Memorial” by Pieter Wenning

Cape Town City Hall

City of Cape Town

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“Nobody is born wise.”
– African proverb

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Photo Credits: 1)By Robert Gwelo Goodman (1871 – 1939) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons 2) By Magemu (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons