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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; Abstract
5 Feb 2018
Sold for ZAR 2 577
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Mirabilis
13 Nov 2017
Sold for ZAR 8 197
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; I am flying
13 Nov 2017
Sold for ZAR 73 892
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Cleft Landscape
13 Nov 2017
Sold for ZAR 90 944
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Blue Eagle
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 3 045
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Totem
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 1 874
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Lying Female Nude
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 3 513
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Composition with Two Circles
5 Jun 2017
Sold for ZAR 28 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; African Murex
9 Apr 2017
Sold for ZAR 8 783
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Shield Series portfolio, six
26 Sep 2016
Sold for ZAR 5 270
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Abstract No. 36, two
18 Apr 2016
Sold for ZAR 5 855
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Abstract No. 36, two
22 Feb 2016
ZAR 6 000 - 9 000