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Trevor Coleman

South African 1936-2023 


Trevor Coleman studied first at the Johannesburg Technical College of Art and later at the Central School of Art and Design in London. He is well known as a colourist and revels in the spatial dynamics and optical vibrations that result from juxtapositions and layering of intense, saturated colour. In the 1960s, experimentation with acrylic paint produced hard-edged ‘scientific’ abstracts, frequently on geometrically complex, shaped, canvases. Extensive travel in Africa, the Mediterranean, and India produced vibrant flat fields of vivid reds, hot oranges, fuchsia pinks, azure blues and emerald greens in the semi-figurative ‘picture postcard’ compositions familiar to Johannesburg gallery-goers in the 1970s and beyond. More recently, Coleman has revisited his early interest in anthropology and archaeology, with soft-edged, gently atmospheric abstracts that suggest layer upon layer of cultural history and the passage of deep geological time.


148 lots offered      54.05% sold      ZAR 1 027 239

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Trevor Coleman; Organic Pillars
Organic Pillars
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 6 000 - 9 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Untitled (Abstract in Red and Orange)
Untitled (Abstract in Red and Orange)
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 6 000 - 9 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Graffitti Tablet
Graffitti Tablet
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Organics
Organics
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 8 000 - 12 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Organic Abstract in Red
Organic Abstract in Red
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 2 000 - 4 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Abstract in Red and Brown
Abstract in Red and Brown
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 2 000 - 4 000
 
Trevor Coleman; The Grey
The Grey
17 Jun 2025
ZAR 6 000 - 9 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Boatman, Zanzibar
Boatman, Zanzibar
12 May 2025
ZAR 12 000 - 15 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Untitled (Colourful Abstract)
Untitled (Colourful Abstract)
12 May 2025
Sold for ZAR 1 759
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Trevor Coleman; Namib Desert
Namib Desert
22 Apr 2025
Starting at ZAR 3 000
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Trevor Coleman; Lost City
Lost City
22 Apr 2025
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
 
Trevor Coleman; Untitled (Colourful Abstract)
Untitled (Colourful Abstract)
22 Apr 2025
Sold for ZAR 5 277
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT