Introduction Harry Stratford Caldecott (1886 – 1929) was a South African Impressionist and modern artist, born in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province. He gained recognition as the leading exponent of French Impressionism at the Cape, having absorbed its vision and style before settling there permanently in 1923. Caldecott’s artistic journey began with an early fascination for painting, nurtured by a family steeped in artistic tradition…