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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; Abstract #1124
4 Jun 2018
ZAR 60 000 - 90 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract #1065
4 Jun 2018
ZAR 80 000 - 120 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape, No. 1054
13 Nov 2017
Sold for ZAR 28 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Small Figure II
13 Nov 2017
ZAR 25 000 - 40 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape
16 Oct 2017
Sold for ZAR 25 010
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape #402
16 Oct 2017
Sold for ZAR 30 694
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Wharf No. 116
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 4 684
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 23 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract No. 93414
18 Sep 2017
Sold for ZAR 14 052
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract #1087
5 Jun 2017
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
 
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Landscape
5 Jun 2017
Sold for ZAR 34 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Fred Schimmel; Abstract Composition
9 Apr 2017
Sold for ZAR 2 577
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.