Lutrin, Deborah Lee2014-05-192014-05-192014-05-19http://hdl.handle.net10539/14676The work o f the South African artist Walter Battiss has in the existing literature been analysed and discussed in relation to his biography or in general descriptive terms. In contrast my project aims at revealing the confluence of the Modernist avant-garde notions of the “Primitive” and the anthropological project in Battiss’ work.enPrimitivism in artArt, Modern--20th century--South AfricaThesis