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Nils Andersen

South African 1897-1972 


Nils Andersen was born in Drammen, Norway and immigrated to South Africa with his family as a teenager in 1911. His father was a skipper and joined a whaling vessel in Saldanha Bay before the family moved to Durban in 1914. Andersen initially studied engineering but dreamed of being an artist and enrolled in art classes at the Natal Technical Art School between 1924 and 1928 and then ceramics in 1938. He became a full-time artist in 1933 and taught art and ceramics at the Natal Technical Art School from 1942 to 1944. While not an official war artist, he was commissioned to paint the Durban Port and various warships during the war. Many of Andersen’s artworks hang in the Norwegian Hall on the Berea in Durban and some are in the offices of the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry – as well as in numerous private collections. Anderson’s subject matter was not only maritime, but also land- and seascapes, village and homestead scenes, and even still lifes.


97 lots offered      52.58% sold      ZAR 601 102
 

Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Nils Andersen; The White Cottage
7 Jun 2021
Sold for ZAR 7 622
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; The Rivers Meet
7 Jun 2021
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; A Sailing Ship
22 Feb 2021
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; A Thatched Cottage amongst Trees
22 Feb 2021
Sold for ZAR 2 345
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; Cottage with Figure
1 Jun 2020
Sold for ZAR 5 628
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; Spitskop, Greytown, Natal
16 Mar 2020
Sold for ZAR 8 208
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; A View through Trees
16 Mar 2020
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; HMS Repulse in Durban, Sunk off Malaya by Japanese, World War II
16 Mar 2020
Sold for ZAR 41 038
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; Coast Line
25 Nov 2019
Starting at ZAR 4 000
 
Nils Andersen; Repairing the Ship's Propeller
16 Sep 2019
Sold for ZAR 4 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Nils Andersen; Zulu Village
16 Sep 2019
Starting at ZAR 3 000
 
Nils Andersen; Loading Ships in the Harbour
16 Sep 2019
Sold for ZAR 4 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

Results in green indicate post sales.