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Hylton Nel

South African 1941- 


Hylton Nel was born in Zambia but grew up on a cattle farm in the Karoo, and is now based in Calitzdorp. As a Fine Art student at Rhodes University, he was enthralled by the ‘beautiful things’ in the cabinet of curiosities assembled by the then head of the department, Brian Bradshaw. It included Greek terracotta figures and Chinese ceramics including a Tang dynasty horse and a Song brush pot. Nel experimented with techniques and glazes the studio of Jürgen Hamberger, a well-known ceramist who ran a studio in Grahamstown, and later completed a diploma in ceramics at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, in Belgium.

Nel went on to assemble his own collection of ‘beautiful things’, and developed an extensive knowledge of Chinese ceramics and art history more broadly, and this seems to have promoted his unique experimentation and sense of adventure with ceramic sculpture.

At the age of 80, he continues to produce a riotous miscellany of wonky vases, inscrutable felines, and higgledy-piggledy houses that hark back to eclectic sources in historical ceramic traditions, literature and popular culture. He is also the influential mentor of a new generation of talented young sculptors, including the late Nico Masemola.


173 lots offered      89.60% sold      ZAR 2 754 755
 

Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Hylton Nel; Diamond Shaped Vase
20 Mar 2024
Current bid ZAR 13 000
 
Hylton Nel; Bird
20 Mar 2024
Starting at ZAR 7 000
 
Hylton Nel; Bethulie, eight
27 Nov 2023
Sold for ZAR 46 900
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Cat Bowl
27 Nov 2023
Sold for ZAR 18 760
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Face Plates, two
9 Oct 2023
Unsold
Hylton Nel; Yellow Bowls with Figures
9 Oct 2023
Sold for ZAR 37 520
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Portraits, two
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 2 932
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Nudes
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 32 830
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Blue Patterned Bowl
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 5 863
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Adam & Eve
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Blue Monk
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 7 622
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Hylton Nel; Building; Flowers; Fly on Cake, three
11 Sep 2023
Sold for ZAR 15 243
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT