Artist Database

From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, the Strauss & Co artist database includes every modern and contemporary artist sold at auction since 2009. Find an artist by name to explore their full auction history. Every work is listed across painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, with aggregated price data useful to collectors.

Spanning South African and international visual artists, the database features famous artists such as William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern, each with detailed biographies and complete auction records.

Pierre Wilondja

Pierre Wilondja was born in Kinshasa, where he currently lives and works. He has been passionate about art – specifically drawing – from a young age. Between 2014 and 2121, he studied art at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Kinshasa. His paintings are an interpretation of his attempts to perceive the world in its truth; stifled by reality. Wilondja attributes his style – a mix of abstraction and surrealism – to Daniel Ludwig, an American painter.