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Walter Oltmann

South African 1960- 


Rustenburg-born Walter Oltmann graduated with a MA (Fine Arts) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in 1985. His main area of creative focus is sculpture and, more particularly, fabricating woven wire forms which sometimes reference local craft traditions. He has completed numerous commissions including chandeliers and lamp shades for the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg in 2003 and the world map interpretation at the Wits Origins Centre in 2005/6. Oltmann has received numerous awards including the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Arts (2001) and the Sasol Wax Art Award (2007), and his work is widely represented in public and private collections in South Africa and abroad. He has participated in many group shows, including Advance/… Notice at the Goodman Gallery in 2012. His solo exhibitions include Penumbra at the Goodman Gallery in 2013 and In the Weave at the Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, in 2014, which celebrated three decades of his work and described him as “one of South Africa’s finest and most intriguing artists”. Oltmann was a senior lecturer in the department of Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand before retiring and becoming a full-time artist.

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74 lots offered      64.86% sold      ZAR 2 016 918
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Walter Oltmann; Beetles
20 May 2019
Sold for ZAR 20 484
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Child
20 May 2019
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
Walter Oltmann; Disarticulated Flower
16 Feb 2019
Sold for ZAR 170 700
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Bristle Suit
12 Nov 2018
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Garden Chairs I
4 Jun 2018
Sold for ZAR 54 624
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Garden Chairs II
4 Jun 2018
Sold for ZAR 39 830
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Locust
17 Feb 2018
Sold for ZAR 193 256
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Coelacanth
13 Nov 2017
Sold for ZAR 45 472
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Moth
18 Sep 2017
ZAR 12 000 - 16 000
 
Walter Oltmann; Cradle 3
6 Feb 2017
Sold for ZAR 5 270
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Abstract
6 Feb 2017
Sold for ZAR 12 881
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Walter Oltmann; Cricket
6 Feb 2017
Sold for ZAR 4 919
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT