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Jabulani Ntuli

South African 1898-1988 


Jabulani Ntuli was born in Ntumeni near Eshowe. He attended the Mission School at the American Lutheran Church. Apart from one art lesson at school, Ntuli was largely a self- taught artist. He was taught Zulu history and custom by his grandfather and it was based on this knowledge that German anthropologist Dr Katesa Schlosser engaged Ntuli in the illustration of Die Bantubibel.

Before settling in Ntumeni in 1958 as a full-time artist, Ntuli’s work was purchased in Durban by Dr Killie Campbell who exhibited his drawings in Cape Town in 1947. Ntuli’s pen and ink drawings are noted for their accute observation of everyday Zulu life, depicting details of everyday activities from stick-fighting to the storage of food, a woman weaving, or a hut being rethatched. His drawings often include tiny figures and relate scenes of Zulu culture.

Ntuli’s work was exhibited in 1966 at the Museum for Ethnology at Kiel University in Germany, and is represented in a number of significant collections in South Africa including the Campbell Collection in Durban, the Johannesburg Art Gallery and the Zululand Historical Museum in Eshowe.


8 lots offered      100.00% sold      ZAR 42 210
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; Two Women Thatching a New Hut with Grass
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; Warrior Smoking Cannabis in Preparation for War
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; Figures Building a New Hut
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; One-sided Declaration of Affection
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; Zulu Warrior Thinking about War
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; The Chief's Kraal
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; Man Making a Door for his New House with a Plant Growing on a Mountain
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jabulani Ntuli; Man Starting a Fire
12 Dec 2024
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT