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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.


153 lots offered      54.25% sold      ZAR 1 322 938
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Fred Schimmel; Pelican
25 Jul 2022
Sold for ZAR 5 628
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Woman
25 Jul 2022
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Duck
25 Jul 2022
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Baby Bird
25 Jul 2022
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscapes, two
13 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract in Black and Red
25 Oct 2021
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape
14 Sep 2021
Sold for ZAR 15 243
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Beginnings, Endings
10 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 34 140
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape
10 Aug 2021
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Composition
7 Jun 2021
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
 
Fred Schimmel; No. 97 (Variation)
7 Jun 2021
ZAR 3 000 - 5 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract #1080
22 Feb 2021
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
 

Results in green indicate post sales.