Artists

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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; Memory
12 Feb 2024
Starting at ZAR 8 000
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Fred Schimmel; Duck
15 Jan 2024
Sold for ZAR 4 221
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Woman
15 Jan 2024
Starting at ZAR 3 000
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Fred Schimmel; Baby Bird
15 Jan 2024
Sold for ZAR 4 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Bay
9 Oct 2023
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape #402
9 Oct 2023
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Departure
10 Jul 2023
Sold for ZAR 22 278
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Extensive Landscape
8 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 23 450
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Black and White Compositions, three
13 Feb 2023
Sold for ZAR 5 628
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Composition
13 Feb 2023
Sold for ZAR 1 759
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Composition
28 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Landskap na Sononder (Landscape after Sunset)
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 19 933
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.