Artists

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, Strauss & Co maintains a detailed database of every artist sold at auction since 2009. Whether it is painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, this searchable database lists by artist every lot offered and provides aggregated data useful to collectors. Famous South African artists like William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern are introduced with helpful biographies along with the best contemporary artists.



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Anton van Wouw

South African 1862-1945 


The father of the naturalistic and Euro-centric sculptural tradition in South Africa, Anton van Wouw left a remarkable and era-defining body of monumental and small-scale bronzes. Born in Driebergen in 1862, and apprenticed to the Belgian sculptor Joseph Graven, Van Wouw arrived in Pretoria in 1890 (the same year, incidentally, as his countryman Frans Oerder). While in his early years on the Highveld he was engaged with architectural embellishments, he won a major commission in 1895 to model and cast the Paul Kruger Monument for Church Square in Pretoria. Other state and public commissions followed, including the Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein and the Woman and Children grouping at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. After receiving backing from an investment syndicate in 1907, Van Wouw produced numerous small-scale sculptures, mainly of Boer and African figures, that were cast to order by the Giovanni Nisini and Galileo Massa foundries in Rome. The literature on the artist is fast-moving, with key recent discoveries shedding new light on the provenance and casting histories of many of the artist’s most beloved and collectable masterpieces.


80 lots offered      87.50% sold      ZAR 60 220 494
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Anton van Wouw; The Mieliepap Eater
19 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 293 125
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; The Laughing Basuto
19 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 346 575
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; Die Noitje van die Onderveld
27 Nov 2023
Sold for ZAR 64 488
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; Cecilia
8 Nov 2023
Starting at ZAR 150 000
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Anton van Wouw; Bushman Hunter
7 Nov 2023
Sold for ZAR 1 258 125
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; The Mealiepap Eater
7 Nov 2023
Starting at ZAR 350 000
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Anton van Wouw; The Mealiepap Eater
19 Sep 2023
Starting at ZAR 300 000
 
Anton van Wouw; The Execution of Jopie Fourie
14 Aug 2023
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; The Laughing Basuto
16 May 2023
Starting at ZAR 300 000
 
Anton van Wouw; Bushman Hunter
16 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 1 372 500
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; Shangaan
16 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 693 150
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Anton van Wouw; Scene from the Dam on Roodeplaat
13 Feb 2023
Sold for ZAR 46 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.