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Alexander Rose-Innes

South African 1915-1996 


Alexander was born in 1915 in Beaufort West and established in Port Elizabeth with his family in 1927, where he started his artistic journey at the Art School of the Port Elizabeth Technical College. After completing his studies, he enrolled as an apprentice sign-writer, continuing to pursue his art in his free time. He was a painter of everyday sceneries and acts of the everyday life where he portrayed sensitivity towards his subjects – always rendered in warm colours and subdued tones - following conventional realism. An immediate intimacy embodied by the delicate tunes and the use of clos-up views can be grasped in his artworks.
Rose-Innes only arrived in Cape Town, artistic capital of South Africa, in 1956 and had his first solo exhibition in 1958, having previously participated uniquely in group shows in the Eastern Province. This was the first of many solo shows that exhibited in South Africa and Belgium; his works were included in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 1986, he was honoured by the University of Pretoria with a retrospective exhibition of his work and a medal for his contribution to the arts in South Africa. Today his works are part of most important collection of South African masters in galleries and various private collections.


301 lots offered      58.80% sold      ZAR 12 601 190
 

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Alexander Rose-Innes; Portrait of an Old Man
2 Dec 2024
Starting at ZAR 5 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Woman Reading
9 Oct 2024
Starting at ZAR 18 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Fishermen's Cottages; Arniston
9 Oct 2024
Sold for ZAR 37 520
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Alexander Rose-Innes; The Pub
16 Sep 2024
Sold for ZAR 21 105
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Coastal Landscape with Jetty
9 Sep 2024
Starting at ZAR 15 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Interior with Seated Woman
9 Sep 2024
Starting at ZAR 20 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Two Women Seated at a Table
8 Jul 2024
Starting at ZAR 18 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Cottages with Trees
8 Jul 2024
Starting at ZAR 15 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Interior with Green Chair
10 Jun 2024
ZAR 35 000 - 50 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Fishermen's Cottages
10 Jun 2024
Sold for ZAR 11 725
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Alexander Rose-Innes; District Six Street Scene
10 Jun 2024
Starting at ZAR 6 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Pub Scene
10 Jun 2024
Sold for ZAR 10 553
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