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Ernst de Jong

South African 1934-2016 


Ernst de Jong was born in Pretoria in 1934 and spent his school years painting and swimming. His talent in this latter pursuit led to a scholarship to attend the University of Oklahoma in the USA, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and was awarded the Letzeiser prize for the best student in the faculty. He returned to South Africa in 1957 and the following year opened Ernst de Jong Studios for graphic design. Throughout his career, he lectured in graphic design and painting at the Pretoria Technikon (now Tshwane University of Technology), the University of Pretoria, and the University of the Witwatersrand. From 1994 to 1998, the artist and his wife moved to Oslo, Norway, where he produced a series of works titled Passage to Norway. Known for his Abstract Suprematist Symbolic style, de Jong continued to lecture, paint, and exhibit until his death in 2016.

De Jong participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in South Africa, Europe, and the USA, notably the 1972 Venice Biennale and a Retrospective Exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum in 1994 that featured 236 works by the artist. He also completed several public commissions such as the State Theatre fire screen mural in Pretoria, developed postage stamp artwork, and was the Design Director for the new South African bank notes in 1992.


66 lots offered      75.76% sold      ZAR 655 554
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Ernst de Jong; Composition with Kudu
9 Oct 2024
Starting at ZAR 4 000
Ernst de Jong; 12 Abstract Compositions, portfolio
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 21 105
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Untitled (Abstract in Peach and Grey)
15 Apr 2024
Sold for ZAR 3 518
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; The Owl
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Desert Mist
12 Feb 2024
Sold for ZAR 15 243
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Totem
27 Nov 2023
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Byzantium; Gothic Web, two
9 Oct 2023
Sold for ZAR 10 553
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Desert Mist
14 Aug 2023
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Still Life with Green Pepper
15 May 2023
ZAR 7 000 - 10 000
 
Ernst de Jong; Abstract in Blue
25 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 3 752
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Abstract Composition in Black and Ochre
3 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 1 759
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Ernst de Jong; Abstract #69
29 Aug 2022
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.