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Clement Serneels

Belgian/South African 1912-1991 


Clement Serneels was born to a Spanish mother and a Flemish father in 1912. He attended the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium. In 1936, he was awarded a government scholarship to spend a year painting in the former Belgian Congo. Upon his return to Brussels, he held an incredibly successful exhibition of these works. He used the profit from this to return to Africa, settling in Costermansstad (present-day Bukavu) in the Belgian Congo during World War II. Serneels moved to South Africa in 1945 but returned to live on Lake Kivu in 1953. 1960 saw the end of colonial rule in the country and this prompted Serneels to move back to Belgium, where he stayed until his death in 1991. The artist participated in several exhibitions throughout his career in South Africa and Belgium and also in Mexico, the United States, and elsewhere in Europe. Serneels was a post-Impressionist painter of portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.


95 lots offered      48.42% sold      ZAR 1 559 610
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Clement Serneels; Le Bois de la Cambre (Brussels, Belgium)
12 Aug 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Roses in a Vase
12 Aug 2024
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
Clement Serneels; The Company Gardens, Cape Town
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 11 139
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Landscape with Blossoming Trees
12 Feb 2024
Starting at ZAR 10 000
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Clement Serneels; The Company Gardens, Cape Town
27 Nov 2023
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Clement Serneels; Roses in a Vase
11 Sep 2023
Starting at ZAR 20 000
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Clement Serneels; Vase of Roses
28 Nov 2022
ZAR 18 000 - 24 000
 
Clement Serneels; Vase of Mixed Flowers
13 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 21 105
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Portrait of a Girl
25 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Nu Assise (Seated Nude) II
14 Mar 2022
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000
 
Clement Serneels; Tendresse
30 Nov 2021
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Clement Serneels; Hippo Heaven
29 Nov 2021
ZAR 30 000 - 50 000
 

Results in green indicate post sales.