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Maggie Laubser

South African 1886-1973 


Maggie Laubser was born on the farm Bloubommetjieskloof, near Malmesbury, in the wheat fields of the Western Cape. The formative impressions of her youth – farm life, the inhabitants of the farm, nature, flowers and animals, bathed in the ever-changing light – informed her painting throughout her life. She left for Europe in 1913 and visited an artists’ colony at Laren in Holland, studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, lived in Antwerp and at Lake Garda. From 1922 to 1924 she came in close contact with German Expressionism in Berlin and blossomed into a painter of authority and commitment. She simplified her images by stripping them of detail, intensified her colours and contrasts, and retained only the essential symbolic forms of her personal vision and interpretation.

In 1924 she returned permanently to South Africa where initially her art received harsh criticism but over time her considerable achievements were acknowledged. From 1947 she lived at her home Altyd Lig at the Strand, and continued to paint until her death in 1973.

Image source: Muller Ballot (2016) Maggie Laubser: A Window on Always Light. Stellenbosch: Sun Press, page vi.


376 lots offered      77.39% sold      ZAR 104 098 155
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Maggie Laubser; Flowers and Ducks in a Landscape
24 Jun 2025
Sold for ZAR 462 100
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Portrait of a Girl
24 Jun 2025
Starting at ZAR 50 000
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Maggie Laubser; Seated Figure
17 Jun 2025
Sold for ZAR 14 070
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Portrait of a Woman and Child with Decorative Leaves
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 438 995
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Mountainous Landscape
27 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 346 575
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Seated Nude
22 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 10 553
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Standing Nude
22 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; The Shepherd
1 Apr 2025
Starting at ZAR 100 000
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Maggie Laubser; Portrait of a Woman
1 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 58 625
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Still Life with Lemons and Two Oranges on a Dish with Tray and Drapery (recto); Garden Landscape (verso)
1 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 234 500
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Skaapwagter by Langebaan (Shepard in Langebaan)
1 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 404 338
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Maggie Laubser; Cape Homestead and Trees (La Dauphine, Franschhoek)
1 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 146 563
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

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