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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; Untitled (Abstract Composition in Brown and Red)
23 Nov 2020
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Fred Schimmel; The Day Breaks Not
23 Nov 2020
Sold for ZAR 4 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract #1080
19 Oct 2020
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract Composition in Purple and Brown)
19 Oct 2020
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Untitled (Abstract Composition in Pink and Purple)
19 Oct 2020
Sold for ZAR 4 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Shaka's Rock
19 Oct 2020
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Fred Schimmel; The Broken Land
19 Oct 2020
ZAR 4 000 - 6 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Composition
7 Sep 2020
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract, three
7 Sep 2020
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Composition
7 Sep 2020
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
 
Fred Schimmel; The Golden Fields
7 Sep 2020
Sold for ZAR 4 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Hard is the Stone
7 Sep 2020
Sold for ZAR 4 456
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT