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for a year. After the war, he married a young divorcee, Anne Ilgen, in 1920, and together they operated a small factory making spray-containers for perfume. Anne ran the factory while
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Jentsch, documentary sound film, 16mm, commissioned by The
Friends of the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 1970. Written and produced by Olga Levinson; filmed by Lewis-Lewis Productions.
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Jentsch painted landscapes almost exclusively, working in watercolour and oil. He was interested in
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Five of his paintings were reproduced as stamps in 1973 – the first non-commemorative stamps in South Africa philatelic history.
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