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Alfred Neville Lewis

South African 1895-1972 


Alfred Neville Lewis was born in Cape Town in 1895 when it was still the Cape Colony. His father was Reverend AJS Lewis, who was Mayor of Cape Town from 1929 to 1931 and who officially opened the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway on 4 October 1929. At the age of seventeen, in 1912, Lewis went to England where he first studied at the Newlyn Art School under Stanhope Forbes and then at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks between 1914 and 1916. After WWI, during which he served with the British army in Italy and France, he worked in London where he garnered attention as a portrait painter. In 1920, he mounted his first solo exhibition at the Carfax Gallery and joined the New English Art Club. In 1936, he became a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. During WWII, Lewis served as the first Official South African War Artist and settled back in South Africa after the war. He is well known for his figure and portrait paintings. His work can be found in many collections, including The Tate, London, UK; The British Museum, London, UK; The University of Leeds, UK; and the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, SA.


73 lots offered      68.49% sold      ZAR 2 704 447
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Woman
1 Jun 2020
Sold for ZAR 4 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Neville Lewis; Seated Zulu Woman
10 May 2020
Starting at ZAR 60 000
 
Alfred Neville Lewis; Still Life with Arum Lilies, Daffodils and Hibiscus
14 Apr 2020
Sold for ZAR 23 450
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Woman
14 Apr 2020
Starting at ZAR 10 000
 
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Boy
16 Mar 2020
Starting at ZAR 1 800
 
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Woman
19 Oct 2019
Starting at ZAR 15 000
 
Alfred Neville Lewis; A Boy on the Rocks
19 Oct 2019
Sold for ZAR 22 760
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Woman in Red
7 Oct 2019
Starting at ZAR 30 000
 
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Man
8 Jun 2019
Sold for ZAR 22 760
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Man (recto); Mother and Child in a Landscape (unfinished, verso)
8 Jun 2019
Sold for ZAR 22 760
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Woman with Red Headscarf
20 May 2019
Starting at ZAR 220 000
 
Alfred Neville Lewis; Portrait of a Girl in White
18 Mar 2019
Sold for ZAR 39 830
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.