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Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk

South African 1853-1936 

Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk grew up and lived in Riversdale in the Western Cape. A mostly self-taught artist, he created art in his spare time while working as a bookkeeper in an attorney’s office. Volschenk joined the South African Drawing Club in 1894 and exhibited with the group. He married Helen Smallberger in 1899 and together they had nine daughters – the eldest of whom, Vera, followed in her father’s artistic footsteps. In 1904, Volschenk left his office job and became a full-time artist. Well known for his grand landscape paintings, he was particularly inspired by the areas around Riversdale and the Langeberg Mountains.

Image source: https://www.sahistory.org.za/node/56602

225 lots offered      89.78% sold      ZAR 9 913 526
 

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Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Early Morning on the Kaffirkuils Stillbay
8 Oct 2012
Sold for ZAR 27 850
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Pale Dawn, on the River Zonde End, Caledon CP
11 Jun 2012
Sold for ZAR 55 700
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Landscape, De Rust
11 Jun 2012
Sold for ZAR 17 824
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; The Twelve Apostles from Above Camp's Bay
11 Jun 2012
Sold for ZAR 72 410
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Heather Beneath the Langebergen
11 Jun 2012
Sold for ZAR 38 990
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Mountain Veld, Riversdale District
11 Jun 2012
Sold for ZAR 54 586
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Below the Drift: the Morass River, Oudtshoorn
11 Jun 2012
Sold for ZAR 111 400
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; A Double Range in the Langebergen (Riversdale)
6 Feb 2012
Sold for ZAR 42 332
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; The Keurbooms River, Knysna
6 Feb 2012
Sold for ZAR 267 360
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; The Veld at Eve, Riversdale
7 Nov 2011
Sold for ZAR 33 420
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; A View from a Rocky Hilltop, Riversdale
7 Nov 2011
Sold for ZAR 31 192
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk; Hex River Mountains from Worcester (Late Afternoon)
7 Nov 2011
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000