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George Enslin

South African 1919-1972 


George Enslin was born in Richmond, England in 1919. His father was a military chaplain with the South African Forces during World War I and after the war, the family relocated to Elgin, in the Western Cape. Although he briefly pursued engineering at Stellenbosch University, Enslin left to study commercial art under Arthur Podolini Volkmann at the School of Commercial and Fine Art in Cape Town. In 1946, Enslin studied at the Continental School of Art in Cape Town under Maurice van Essche and held his first solo exhibition two years later. Between 1949 and 1950, he attended the Heatherly School of Fine Art in London, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, Italy. He returned to South Africa in 1950. In the 1960s, he travelled to Japan to learn about Japanese woodblock printing, pottery making, enamel, and bronze casting. He met and married his wife, Noriko, in Osaka, Japan in 1966 and the couple lived in Greece until Enslin’s death in 1972. Enslin was a peripatetic painter who travelled the world by yacht and caravan and his love for adventure is reflected in his spontaneous and energetic painting style, which beautifully captured a variety of landscapes and town scenes.


110 lots offered      64.55% sold      ZAR 925 533
 

Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
George Enslin; Namib
15 Apr 2024
Starting at ZAR 12 000
George Enslin; Still Life with Proteas and Fruit
11 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
George Enslin; Flowers in a Vase
11 Sep 2023
Starting at ZAR 10 000
 
George Enslin; Hermanus
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
George Enslin; Township Scene with Figures and Dog
11 Sep 2023
Starting at ZAR 5 000
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George Enslin; Trees in Mountainous Landscape
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 8 208
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George Enslin; Kalk Bay Harbour
12 Jun 2023
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
George Enslin; Still Life with Bottle and Fruit
15 May 2023
Starting at ZAR 4 000
 
George Enslin; Winter Landscape with Trees
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
George Enslin; Houses
11 Apr 2023
Sold for ZAR 16 415
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
George Enslin; Landscape with Trees
28 Nov 2022
Starting at ZAR 9 000
 
George Enslin; Still Life with Bottle and Fruit
3 Oct 2022
Starting at ZAR 10 000