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Marjorie Wallace

South African 1925-2005 


Scottish-born artist Marjorie Wallace trained at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1942 to 1947. She was then awarded a travel grant to explore Europe, after which she moved to Paris. It was here that she met her future husband, Jan Rabie, an Afrikaans writer who would later join the dissident literary movement ‘Sestigers’. In the mid-1950s, the couple relocated to South Africa, settling in Onrus, near Hermanus. They regularly opened their home to fellow Sestigers members like Uys Krige, Ingrid Jonker, Jack Cope, and Breyten Breytenbach, among others, who often found themselves included in Wallace’s artworks. She painted many portraits – of the Sestigers, herself, and other sitters – and captured intimate domestic scenes from her life, such as lunch with friends or reading a book surrounded by her cats. Wallace and her husband lived in Greece for three years in the late 1960s, and this, too, was documented in her paintings. The artist was also attuned to the struggles of those marginalised and dispossessed due to apartheid, a subject that she frequently depicted in her art. Additionally, Wallace mentored black and coloured artists, including the influential Gladys Mgudlandlu.

Wallace exhibited widely throughout her career, and her works are in numerous private collections and many important South African institutions, including the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town, the Pretoria Art Museum, and the University of Stellenbosch. In 2005, she was posthumously awarded the Order of Ikhamanga in Bronze for outstanding contributions to the visual arts.


159 lots offered      70.44% sold      ZAR 5 343 222

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Marjorie Wallace; Woman, Man and Oranges
Woman, Man and Oranges
26 Jul 2020
Sold for ZAR 68 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Music Makers with Paper Fish
Music Makers with Paper Fish
26 Jul 2020
Sold for ZAR 51 210
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Kennis van die Aand
Kennis van die Aand
26 Jul 2020
Sold for ZAR 68 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Self-portrait in Brown Jacket
Self-portrait in Brown Jacket
6 Jul 2020
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Seated Woman
Seated Woman
1 Jun 2020
Sold for ZAR 2 814
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Olive Gatherers
Olive Gatherers
14 Apr 2020
Sold for ZAR 7 622
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Sad Evening
Sad Evening
7 Oct 2019
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
 
Marjorie Wallace; The Prosecutor; Breyten Breytenbach, Interrogation I; II and III
The Prosecutor; Breyten Breytenbach, Interrogation I; II and III
7 Oct 2019
Sold for ZAR 91 040
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Kerkgangers, Van Wyksdorp, triptych
Kerkgangers, Van Wyksdorp, triptych
7 Oct 2019
Sold for ZAR 284 500
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Portrait of Albie Sachs
Portrait of Albie Sachs
16 Sep 2019
Sold for ZAR 25 795
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Marjorie Wallace; Mother and Child
Mother and Child
8 Apr 2019
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
 
Marjorie Wallace; Portrait of a Girl
Portrait of a Girl
8 Apr 2019
Sold for ZAR 9 380
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

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