Aims to show how, during the period 1950 to 1980, two-dimensional fine art tradition in Natal followed a path that saw the art move from a largely ethnographic base to reflect and be a part of the change that was looming in society by the late 1970s. This thesis demonstrates the complex play of acceptance and rejection which was so much part of the process. Over the period in question, the art and politics of the day became more integrated, and the control and direction and development of the art moved into the hands of the black artist …