Willem Hermanus Coetzer ( 1900 - 1983 ) was a South African painter. It seems an irony, if not a contradiction, that W.H. Coetzer, an artist who is closely identified with the spirit of Afrikaner Nationalism and history, should figure in a collection and have deliberate inclusion on an exhibition that celebrate ‘the neglected tradition’ in South African art. It has to be accepted that the select