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Clement Serneels

Belgian/South African 1912-1991 


Clement Serneels was born to a Spanish mother and a Flemish father in 1912. He attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium. In 1936, he was awarded a government scholarship to spend a year painting in the former Belgian Congo. Upon his return to Brussels, he held an incredibly successful exhibition of these works. He used the profit from this to return to Africa, settling in Costermansstad (present-day Bukavu) in the Belgian Congo during World War II. Serneels moved to South Africa in 1945 but returned to live on Lake Kivu in 1953. 1960 saw the end of colonial rule in the country and this prompted Serneels to move back to Belgium, where he stayed until his death in 1991. The artist participated in several exhibitions throughout his career in South Africa and Belgium and also in Mexico, the United States, and elsewhere in Europe. Serneels was a post-Impressionist painter of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.


95 lots offered      48.42% sold      ZAR 1 559 610
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Clement Serneels; Reverie
27 Sep 2021
Sold for ZAR 52 763
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Proteas in a Vase
29 Mar 2021
Sold for ZAR 32 830
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Fleur du Cap
29 Mar 2021
Sold for ZAR 22 278
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Landscape with Houses
29 Mar 2021
Sold for ZAR 10 553
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Lake Kivu
7 Sep 2020
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Seated Nude
6 Jul 2020
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Lake Kivu
6 Jul 2020
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Clement Serneels; Flowers in a Jug
1 Jun 2020
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Lake Kivu
14 Apr 2020
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Clement Serneels; Seated Nude
14 Apr 2020
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
 
Clement Serneels; Camps Bay
25 Nov 2019
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
 
Clement Serneels; Roses in Glass Vase
16 Sep 2019
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 

Results in green indicate post sales.