Artists

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Herbert Coetzee

South African 1921-2008 


Herbert Coetzee was a largely self-taught artist, except for a six-month training he attended in 1949 at the Continental School of Art in Cape Town, where he studied under Maurice van Essche. He was subsequently awarded a bursary by the Koninklijke Acedemie voor Schone Kunsten en de Hogere Institute in Antwerp, Belgium, between 1958 and 1960. He was a member of the executive committee of the South African Society of Artists in the 1950s and lectured in fine art at the Cape Technical College for twenty-three years, until 1981. He was commissioned to create numerous murals for commercial and military offices and for Safmarine vessels – SA Hex River and SA Alphen – and he participated in several group exhibitions, including the 1956 Quadrennial Exhibition and the 1981 Republic Festival Exhibition. Coetzee was a painter of landscapes, still-life studies, seascapes, figures and portraits which were rendered within the popular Cape tradition of derivative impressionism in oil, acrylic, gouache ink and charcoal. His paintings of landscapes with houses and still-life studies, in a colourful palette and using loose brush strokes, make up the main body of his artistic production. He is represented in several public and private collections throughout South Africa.


62 lots offered      83.87% sold      ZAR 377 049
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Herbert Coetzee; West Coast Harbour
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 4 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Studio Interior
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 2 345
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Harbour
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 863
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Harbour
11 Sep 2023
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Herbert Coetzee; Still Life with Flowers, Apples and Jug
10 Jul 2023
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Herbert Coetzee; Women, Houses and Telephone Pole
15 May 2023
Sold for ZAR 3 518
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Hawe Toneel (Harbour Scene)
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 3 283
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Bote in Hawe (Boats in a Harbour)
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Interieur met Rooi Stoel (Interior with Red Chair)
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Still Life with Fruit
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 7 035
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; A Bowl of Fruit
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 1 642
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Herbert Coetzee; Still Life with Fruit and a Jug
22 Nov 2022
Sold for ZAR 3 283
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.