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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.


299 lots offered      59.20% sold      ZAR 12 601 190
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Alexander Rose-Innes; Still Life with lamp
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Pub Scene
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Roses in a Vase
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; District Six Street Scene with Figures
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexander Rose-Innes; Fishermen's Cottages
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Woman Reading
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Woman Sitting in a Chair Reading
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; District Six Street Scene
11 Mar 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Ayre Street
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 46 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexander Rose-Innes; By Lamp Light
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; District Six
12 Feb 2024
Sold for ZAR 22 278
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alexander Rose-Innes; Seated Woman
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000