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Ernst de Jong

South African 1934-2016 


Ernst de Jong was born in Pretoria in 1934 and spent his school years painting and swimming. His talent in this latter pursuit led to a scholarship to attend the University of Oklahoma in the USA, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and was awarded the Letzeiser prize for the best student in the faculty. He returned to South Africa in 1957 and the following year opened Ernst de Jong Studios for graphic design. Throughout his career, he lectured in graphic design and painting at the Pretoria Technikon (now Tshwane University of Technology), the University of Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand. From 1994 to 1998, the artist and his wife moved to Oslo, Norway, where he produced a series of works titled Passage to Norway. Known for his Abstract Suprematist Symbolic style, de Jong continued to lecture, paint, and exhibit until his death in 2016.

De Jong participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in South Africa, Europe, and the USA, notably the 1972 Venice Biennale and a Retrospective Exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum in 1994 that featured 236 works by the artist. He also completed several public commissions such as the State Theatre fire screen mural in Pretoria, developed postage stamp artwork, and was the Design Director for the new South African bank notes in 1992.


68 lots offered      75.00% sold      ZAR 660 244
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Ernst de Jong; Flowers, four
14 Apr 2020
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Night's Passage II
16 Mar 2020
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Gold Shield I
16 Mar 2020
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Untitled
25 Nov 2019
Sold for ZAR 3 049
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Flowers, 4
16 Sep 2019
ZAR 7 000 - 10 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Flower
16 Sep 2019
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Abstract in Blue
15 Jul 2019
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Warrior with Winged Crown
15 Jul 2019
Sold for ZAR 1 759
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Under the Sea
8 Jun 2019
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Western Images
8 Jun 2019
Sold for ZAR 17 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Byzantium; Gothic Web, two
20 May 2019
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Nude
4 Jun 2018
Sold for ZAR 102 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.