1920 - 1994
paintings and sculptures
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Invitation to the Ronald MYLCHREEST exhibition at the Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg, opened by Adrian Berrill, Chairman of the CNA Group, on 22nd September, 1964
"Autumn Fields", 1964 - oil - 61.5x122 cm
ill. in "Art & Artists of South Africa" (© Esmé Berman) (Balkema Cape Town/Rotterdam, 1983) , pp. 290
Another similar work - "Natal winter mountainside", 1965 - is reproduced in "Twentieth Century South African Art" (Human & Rousseau) 1966, cat. 87, p. 118 and is in the Collection of:
The Hester Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet
viewable on their website as image 101/108
"Johannesburg", 1968 - wood assemblage - 91.5x105 cm
ill. in "Art & Artists of South Africa" (© Esmé Berman) (Balkema Cape Town/Rotterdam, 1983) , pp. 290
+ cat. 39 - SA Breweries Biennale Art Prize 1968, not ill.
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Two works from the Pretoria Art Museum Collection
"Africa Façade II", pre-1974, pine wood, 47.5x119x 7 cm - FRONT VIEW
"Africa Façade II", pre-1974, pine wood, 47.5x119x 7 cm - BACK VIEW
ill. in "Images of Wood" (Johannesburg Art Gallery) (Rankin), 1989 - p. 137, with CV to 1989 (Note: back view ill. in cat. "RSA 1974 Exhibition", cat. 12)
"Africa", pre-1966 - wood - 155x16x11 cm
ill. in "Looking at South African Art" (van Schaik) (Harmsen), 1985, p. 109
ill. in "Images of Wood" (Rankin) (Johannesburg Art Gallery), 1989, cat. 93, p. 41
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A third sculpture - "Icarus" pre-1967 wood 81x117x14 cm in the Pretoria Art Museum collection can be seen on p. 332 in "Three Centuries of South African Art (Donker) (Fransen), 1982 and in "Guide to the Pretoria Art Museum" - image on request
see also Leaflet issued by the Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
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SA National Gallery, Cape Town
"Africa no. 2", 1966 - pine - 67x82.5x7 cm
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Corporate Collections in South Africa
Ronald Mylchreest posing in front of his huge pine mural for Roche SA., Isando, Johannesburg - 1983
This text is taken from "Art & Artists of South Africa" (© Esmé Berman) (Balkema, Cape Town/Rotterdam, 1983) pp. 289/290 (image of mural at State Theatre, Pretoria, ill. on p. 39)
"The Planets", 1981 - large mural at The State Theatre, Pretoria (illustrated in "South African Garden & Home", August 1982, p.23 (img.©Trevor Barrett) and on invitation card of the SA Association of Arts, Pretoria "PACT and the State Theatre Pretoria Art Exhibition 1994" - 28th March to 10th April, 1994
The following are in our files, available on request, or linked:
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 27th September, 1955 - announcement + image of artist and his wife
Transvaler, Johannesburg - 17th (19th?) September, 1964 - preview + artist's image
Sunday Chronicle, Johannesburg - 20th September, 1964 - preview + ill.
Vaderland, Johannesburg - 21st September, 1964 - announcement + artist's image
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 23rd September, 1964 - review HE Winder
The Star, Johannesburg - 24th September, 1964 - review + artist's image
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 26th September, 1964 - review HEW + ill. of flower stillife
Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 28th September, 1964 - comment + ill.
Vaderland, Johannesburg - 29th September, 1964 - review R. Cheales
(?) May, 1966 - announcement + ill. of sculpture "Face of Africa"
"Roche Link", Roche South Africa House Journal, December 1983
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First Quadrennial Exhibition of South African Art 1956 - SA Association of Arts, Pretoria, cat. 43, ill.
Rhodes National Gallery, Salisbury - Contemporary Transvaal Art - 1958/1959, cat. 64 (gouache), not. ill.
South African Artists 1900-1962 (H. Jeppe) (Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel, 1963), p. 62
The Johannesburg Festival 1964 - Rembrandt Art Centre - cat. 41/42, not ill.
12th Transvaal Academy Johannesburg 1965 - cat. 47, not ill.
Art Prize 1966 SA Breweries - cat. 69, description of work shown, not ill.
The Giorgis Trust Collection, exhibition held at Pretoria Art Museum - June, 1969, cat. 45, not ill.
15th Transvaal Academy of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, 1969 - cat. 114 (sculpture), not ill.
Sâo Paulo 1973 Biennale - cat. for the SA entry - 3 works, of which 1 ill.
ARTLOOK 84, Johannesburg - November 1973, p. 17, ill.
R.S.A. 1974 Exhibition, 5 works, of which 1 ill. (details on request)
SA Association of Arts, Pretoria - Arts Calendar April 1974 (SA Art: São Paulo Biennale 1973), p. 6, ill.
The National Gallery of Rhodesia - Exhibition of South African Art - Salisbury + Bulawayo - 1977/78, cat. 46 + 47 (two sculptures), not ill.
South African Art (James Ambrose Brown) (Macdonald), 1978, listed p. 54, not ill.
"Lantern" Vol. XXVII No. 3 April 1978 (South African art in Rhodesia), sculpture ill. on p. 19
Beeldhou 80, University of Pretoria - June 1980, cat. 17, not ill.
„The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors including Namibia“ (Ogilvie / Graff) (Everard Read), 1988 – ISBN 0 620 12663 9 – listed on p. 471
"Images of Wood" (Rankin) (Johannesburg Art Gallery), 1989, cat. 93, p. 41
"Made in Wood - Work from the Western Cape" (Martin) (SA National Gallery, Cape Town) (1992), ill. p. 43 - ISBN 1 874817 07 3
21st February, 1983 - Sotheby's Johannesburg at White Hills, Lot 223 (still life of flowers in a bowl), ill. in cat.
13th April, 1992 - details from www.artprice.com
No sales by Sotheby's Johannesburg recorded since 2002 except for:
31st July, 2006 - Sotheby's Johannesburg - Lot 266
Lot 397 + 398 - Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 19th/21st November, 2007 - Lot 397 ill.
Lot 675 Stephan Welz & Co., Johannesburg - 16th November, 2011, ill.
Lot 466 Stephan Welz & Co., Johannesburg - 23rd April, 2013, ill.
Lot 256 - Stephan Welz & Co., Johannesburg - 19th November, 2013
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Other auctioneers
StraussOnline Auctions, Johannesburg - July, 2015 - Lot 151 - ill. in b/white on invitation card to solo show at Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg - 22nd September, 1964
Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 18th June, 2012 - ill. on web
Capes Dunn Auctioneers, Manchester - 15th November, 2011 - Lot 173 - ill. on web
Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 28th May, 2011 - Lot P43 - ill. on web
Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 12th May, 2008 - Lot 538 - ill. on web
Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 12th November, 2007 - Lot 514 - ill. on web
Property at Broederstroom:
Property Mart Auctioneers - Sale of Broederstroom Farm of 21 hectares - 14th February, 1987
Property in Swellendam - see "history" on:
http://www.klipperivier.com/
http://www.pelmama.org/QueensHallArtGallery.htm (see exhibition listing)
www.pelmama.org - do an internal search for "Mylchreest"!
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