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Frans Oerder

South African 1867-1944 


Frans Oerder was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and studied art at the Rotterdam Academy as well as under Ernest Blanc-Garin in Brussels, before moving to Pretoria in 1890. He worked briefly for the Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg Maatschappij (NZASM) and later taught art at the Staatsmeisjesskool, which became Pretoria Girls High School. In 1899, at the request of President Paul Kruger, he joined the Boer cause as an official war artist. Apart from sketching Boer positions in the field, the artist produced a fine group of British portraits while interned as a prisoner of war at Meintjieskop. After his release he travelled up the east coast of Africa, painting landscapes and figure and architectural studies, but the trip was cut short by a bout of malaria. Oerder returned to the Netherlands in 1908 and married flower painter Gerda Pitlo. One of Oerder’s paintings, Magnolias, was sold to the New York Graphic Society and reproductions of the work were bought in record numbers, but the artist derived no financial benefit having sold the rights along with the work. Oerder and his wife settled in Pretoria in 1938 and he continued painting flower studies, still lifes, official portraits, and landscapes based on his travels across the country.


193 lots offered      67.88% sold      ZAR 16 914 600
 

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Frans Oerder; Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
11 Mar 2024
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Frans Oerder; Grassland at Dawn
19 Feb 2024
Sold for ZAR 52 763
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Frans Oerder; Dahlias
8 Nov 2023
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Frans Oerder; Study for Three Wise Men
9 Oct 2023
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Frans Oerder; Figure in Alley
9 Oct 2023
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Frans Oerder; Landscape with Buildings
9 Oct 2023
Sold for ZAR 46 900
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Frans Oerder; Chrysanthemums in a Glass Vase
19 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 346 575
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Frans Oerder; Zinnias in a Vase
19 Sep 2023
Unsold
Frans Oerder; White Roses in a Vase
12 Jun 2023
Sold for ZAR 49 245
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Frans Oerder; English Christmas Roses
16 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 140 700
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Frans Oerder; Portrait of the Artist’s Gardener
16 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 363 200
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Frans Oerder; Houses in Sunshine
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 44 555
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Results in green indicate post sales.