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Fred Schimmel

South African 1928-2009 


In 1948, at 20 years old, Fred Schimmel left Holland with his parents to emigrate to South Africa. From 1949 to 1957, he worked as a volunteer lecturer at the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg. During this time, he also worked as an assistant for a commercial artist where he learned silkscreen printing. This led him to open his own graphic studio in the early 1950s that produced experimental prints for Walter Battiss. In 1964, he held his first solo exhibition at the Egon Guenther Gallery in Johannesburg. Schimmel founded the Graphic Club of South Africa in 1970 with the aim of promoting silkscreen printing as a fine art medium and to provide the public with ready, affordable good works of art. Schimmel, favouring abstraction in his art, worked in several mediums throughout his career, from silkscreen to pastels to oils.


154 lots offered      54.55% sold      ZAR 1 325 048
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Fred Schimmel; Bird
2 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 2 111
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Iron Mountain
25 Jun 2024
Starting at ZAR 50 000
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Fred Schimmel; Abstract #1080
10 Jun 2024
ZAR 35 000 - 50 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Boulders on the Coast
13 May 2024
Starting at ZAR 8 000
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Fred Schimmel; Abstract in Yellow
15 Apr 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Bird
15 Apr 2024
Sold for ZAR 1 000
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract in Red)
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract in Pink)
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract in Blue)
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract in Orange)
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract Landscape with Gold)
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract in Yellow)
12 Feb 2024
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 

Results in green indicate post sales.