Schalk van der Merwe

Past. Present. Future. Imperfect

2018

Mixed media on foam board Signed lower right This work includes a certificate of authenticity. Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-refle...

Mixed media on Fabriano Signed lower right This work includes a certificate of authenticity. Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflect...

Signed lower left Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass) Frame size 38.4 x 29.8 x 4 cm This work includes a certificate o...

Signed and dated lower right Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core) Frame size 54.1 x 42 x 2.5 cm This work includes a certificate of authenticity ...

Signed and dated lower right Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass) Frame size 38.5 x 29.8 x 3.5 cm This work includes a ...

2018 Charcoal on paper Signed and dated lower left Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass) Frame size 95 x 70 x 3 cm Felix Dolah...

Portrait is an original Mixed media drawing on paper, realized by Sebastiano Carta. In good conditions except for some diffused foldings. Hand-signed on the lower left margin in pe...

Portrait is an original mixed media drawing on paper realized by Sebastiano Carta. In good conditions except for some diffused foldings. Hand-signed on the lower left margin in pen...

Theo Meier (1908-1982) “A Balinese woman with offerings” Signed, dated '36 and annotated Mankok (the name of the sitter) lower left Sanguine on paper, measures: 57 x 41.5 cm In a handmade and hand painted frame with address: Max Kno¨ll, Herberggasse 4/1, Basel. Provenance: Private collection, Basel (acquired directly from the artist) Private collection, London Note: Theo Meier was born in Basel, where he attended art school and became a successful portrait painter. However, after visiting an exhibition in Basel of Tahitian paintings by Paul Gaugin, he decided to follow in Gaugin’s footsteps and go to the South Pacific. To finance his voyage, he founded a club in which every member pledged a monthly sum in return of which they could choose one of Meier’s paintings upon his return. In 1932, at the age of 24, he embarked on his voyage to the South Sea. In Tahiti, he certainly discovered the beauty of the colours of the tropical world but the simplicity of the inhabitants, he had seen in Gaugin’s paintings turned out to be more in the artist’s fantasy than in reality. He returned to Basel but in 1935 again was on his way to the South Sea. In 1936 he arrived in Bali, planning to stay there for two or three weeks, but thirty years later he was still there. In Bali “a delirium laid hold of me which even today has not subsided”, he was to write much later. The present drawing was made during his first “delirius” year in Bali. In Bali, he settled and found inspiration and friendship with other artists including Walter Spies...

Alfred H. Maurer emerged as an influential crucial figure in the art scene of late 19th-century America, gaining widespread recognition for his innovative Fauvist approach characterized by vibrant colors and expressive brushwork. Departing from his renowned portraits and genre paintings, he delved into Fauvist landscapes, still lifes, and depictions of anonymous individuals. His distinctive technique relied on saturated colors rather than precise lines or forms, allowing him to convey a profound psychological intensity through dynamic, flowing strokes. As he matured as an artist, Maurer pioneered American...

QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER 1943 Watercolor on paper 68 x 53 cm. Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn van T...

Water color and mixed media work from master painter Courtney Reid