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Alfred Krenz

South African 1899-1980 


Alfred Krenz was born in Vienna, Austria in 1899. Between 1916 and 1926, he received a formal arts education at the Kunstgewerbeschule and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In 1926, he received the Prix de Rome and from 1929 to 1931 he studied in Paris under French Cubist painter, Amédéé Ozenfant. While Krenz participated in an exhibition in Cape Town in the late 1930s, he only came to the country in 1949 – via many years in the Netherlands. He settled in Cape Town, where he opened an art school. Krenz travelled and exhibited widely in Europe and South Africa – including the 1954 Venice Biennale and 1961 Sao Paulo Biennale. He received an honorary professorship from the Austrian government in 1958 and a medal of honour for painting from the South African Academy in 1967. The Pretoria Art Museum held retrospective exhibition of his works in 1975.


47 lots offered      112.77% sold      ZAR 2 332 404
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Alfred Krenz; Rondebosch
5 Mar 2018
Sold for ZAR 68 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Mowbray Mosque
16 Oct 2017
Sold for ZAR 62 524
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Carnival Haiti
5 Jun 2017
Starting at ZAR 30 000
 
Alfred Krenz; Continental Landscape
6 Feb 2012
Starting at ZAR 12 000
 
Alfred Krenz; Still Life with Fish, Lemons and a Jug
26 Sep 2011
Sold for ZAR 83 550
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Jug
7 Mar 2011
Sold for ZAR 50 130
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Gaaden by Midday, Austria
1 Nov 2010
Sold for ZAR 31 192
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Fishermen, False Bay
1 Nov 2010
Sold for ZAR 77 980
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Nude with Veil
9 Mar 2009
Starting at ZAR 120 000
 
Alfred Krenz; Casis Harbour, South of France
9 Mar 2009
Sold for ZAR 77 980
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Krenz; Lesotho Watchman (Figure Overlooking the Village)
9 Mar 2009
Sold for ZAR 100 260
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.