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Wopko Jensma

South African 1939- c. 1993 


Wopko Jensma was a South African poet and artist. Born in 1939 in Ventersdorp in the Transvaal, he grew up in Middleburg in the Eastern Cape. Between 1961 and 1964, Jensma pursued a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (sculpture) from the University of Pretoria. In 1965, he was enrolled in a Teacher’s Diploma at the University of Potchefstroom but had to abandon it due to a motorcycle accident. After his recovery, Jensma travelled through Africa, settling for a time in Botswana with his wife, Lydia, and their three children. The family was unable to live in South Africa during this time because theirs was an interracial marriage, illegal in the country during apartheid. Through his art and poetry, Jensma conveyed his deep criticism of the apartheid regime. He produced drawings, woodcuts, linocuts, and other works on paper in an abstract style.

Jensma and his wife split up in the late 1960s and he returned to South Africa, settling in Johannesburg. The artist suffered from schizophrenia and by the late 1980s, he was living in the Salvation Army Men’s Home in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg. He disappeared without a trace in August 1993.


89 lots offered      67.42% sold      ZAR 511 581
 

  Including Premium and VAT Results include Buyer's Premium and VAT
Wopko Jensma; Collection of Sing for Our Execution and three books, thirteen
9 Sep 2024
Starting at ZAR 60 000
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Wopko Jensma; Bone of Contention
9 Sep 2024
Sold for ZAR 17 588
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Abstract Composition
12 Aug 2024
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
 
Wopko Jensma; Abstract Composition
28 May 2024
ZAR 50 000 - 70 000
 
Wopko Jensma; Abstract Figure
13 May 2024
Sold for ZAR 4 104
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Mythical Figure
15 Apr 2024
Sold for ZAR 6 097
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Six-Armed Man
15 Apr 2024
Sold for ZAR 11 139
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Abstract Face
25 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 12 898
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Mythical Figure
25 Oct 2022
Starting at ZAR 8 000
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Wopko Jensma; Beast with Red Eye
3 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 4 690
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Fantasy Figure in Brown and Orange
3 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 8 794
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Wopko Jensma; Aquatic Life
3 Oct 2022
Sold for ZAR 11 725
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT

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