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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
 

Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Frans Oerder; Valley Landscape
25 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Still Life with Irises and Sculpture
25 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 44 555
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Begonias in a Vessel
25 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 58 625
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Still Life with Melons
21 Sep 2022
Sold for ZAR 341 400
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Still Life with Sunflowers
25 Jul 2022
Unsold
Frans Oerder; Valley Landscape
25 Jul 2022
Unsold
Frans Oerder; Fruit
25 Jul 2022
Unsold
Frans Oerder; Sprig
25 Jul 2022
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Flowers in a Vase
28 Jun 2022
Sold for ZAR 34 140
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Portrait of a Child
13 Jun 2022
Unsold
Frans Oerder; Dhow on the Beach, East Africa
16 May 2022
Sold for ZAR 56 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Frans Oerder; Figures on Horseback, Elands River Valley
5 Apr 2022
Sold for ZAR 91 040
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.