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Alexander Rose-Innes

South African 1915-1996 


Alexander was born in 1915 in Beaufort West and established in Port Elizabeth with his family in 1927, where he started his artistic journey at the Art School of the Port Elizabeth Technical College. After completing his studies, he enrolled as an apprentice sign-writer, continuing to pursue his art in his free time. He was a painter of everyday sceneries and acts of the everyday life where he portrayed sensitivity towards his subjects – always rendered in warm colours and subdued tones - following conventional realism. An immediate intimacy embodied by the delicate tunes and the use of clos-up views can be grasped in his artworks.
Rose-Innes only arrived in Cape Town, artistic capital of South Africa, in 1956 and had his first solo exhibition in 1958, having previously participated uniquely in group shows in the Eastern Province. This was the first of many solo shows that exhibited in South Africa and Belgium; his works were included in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 1986, he was honoured by the University of Pretoria with a retrospective exhibition of his work and a medal for his contribution to the arts in South Africa. Today his works are part of most important collection of South African masters in galleries and various private collections.


321 lots offered      58.26% sold      ZAR 12 836 863

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Alexander Rose-Innes; The Musician
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 60 000
Alexander Rose-Innes; Seated Woman Reading
18 Aug 2025
Sold for ZAR 52 763
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Two Women Seated at a Table
18 Aug 2025
Starting at ZAR 15 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Autumn Landscape
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 25 000 - 35 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; Lady at her Toilette
17 Jun 2025
Sold for ZAR 8 208
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Figures at a Bar
12 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 9 380
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Still Life with Fruit and Vase
12 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 21 105
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Seated Woman with Cat
12 May 2025
Starting at ZAR 18 000
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Flower Vendors
12 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 29 313
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Autum (sic) Oaks, Wynberg
12 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 17 588
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Alexander Rose-Innes; Landscape with Storm Clouds
22 Apr 2025
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Alexander Rose-Innes; The Musician
1 Apr 2025
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
 

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