Ernst DE JONG

1934 - 2016

paintings and graphics

 

C.V. - Selected exhibitions - Images

Reviews and other Data - Works sold on auction - Additional links and information - Editions 21

 

Ernst DE JONG with some of his paintings, 1964

Ernst de Jong with some of his paintings, 1964

 

C.V.

Detailed CV to 1974

Abridged CV from Pretoria Art Museum Retrospective 1994

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Selected exhibitions

Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 31.07.1962, 26.10.1964, 25.04.1966, 11.09.1967

Pieter Wenning Gallery, Johannesburg - 17.11.1974

Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (Retrospective Exhibition) - March, 1994

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Images

Ernst DE JONG "Coromandel", 1961 - gold leaf + mixed media on board - 61x61 cm

"Coromandel", 1961 - gold leaf and mixed media on board - 61x61 cm

 

Selected Images from the 1960s

Ernst de JONG "Totem", 1962 - oil and gold leaf over gesso on board - 51.5x29 cm

"Totem", 1962 - oil and gold leaf over gesso on board - 51.5x29 cm

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Reviews and other Data

Art in South Africa since 1900 (Alexander) (Balkema), 1962, p. 127, ill.

South African Artists 1900-1962 (Jeppe) (Afrikaanse Pers), 1963, p. 45

Transvaal Academy Johannesburg (12th Exhibition), 1965, cat. 20+21

Twentieth Century South African Art (Bokhorst/Martienssen) (Human & Rousseau), 1966, p. 130, ill.

ARTLOOK, Johannesburg - December, 1966, p. 14, ill.

ARTLOOK, Johannesburg - April 1967, pp. 14/15 + cover, ill.

SA Association of Arts, Pretoria "Arts Calendar" Dec. 1967, ill. cover

The SA Art Market 1971/72 (Berman) (Art Institute), 1972

Catalogue of 27 works produced between 1961 and 1973 (Ernst de Jong Studio), 1973, ill.

South African Graphic Art and its techniques (Alexander) (Human & Rousseau), 1974, ill.

Ernst de Jong, Pieter Wenning Gallery, Johannesburg - 17 November, 1974, cat., ill.

South African Art (JA Brown) (MacDonald Heritage), 1978, p. 38, 54

"Art & Artists of South Africa" (Berman) (Balkema), 1983, pp. 110/111, ill.

The SASOL Art Collection (L Schmidt), 1988, p. 17, ill.

„The Dictionary of South African Painters and Sculptors including Namibia“ (Ogilvie / Graff) (Everard Read), 1988 – ISBN 0 620 12663 9 – listed on p. 162/163, ill. opp. p.157

The Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection, Johannesburg (Crump), 1990, listed

"Artists' Palate - a collection of artists' recipes" (Ladan / Doyle), 1991 - p.37, ill. - ISBN 0-620-15955-3

Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria (Retrospective Exhibition) - March, 1994, cat., ill.

Printmaking in a transforming South Africa (Hobbs/Rankin) (David Philip), 1997, p. 130

"Signature Pieces" - The Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection, Johannesburg (Charlton) 2010 - ISBN 978-0-9814200-1-1, p. 172, ill.

Ernst DE JONG in his Pretoria Studio, 1993 (ill. backcover retrospective exhibition cat. Pretoria Art Museum, 1994)

Ernst de Jong in his Pretoria studio, 1993

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Selected works sold on auction

Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 13th May, 2017 - Lot P159

 

Ernst DE JONG "Minaret", 1964 - gold leaf, nails ad wire, assemblage on board - 26x18 cm - cat.7

"Minaret", 1964 - gold leaf, nails and wire, assemblage on board - 26x18 cm

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Straussart Online, Johannesburg - 15th to 22nd February, 2016 - Lot 125 ill.

Provenance Auction, Cape Town (Vol. 22) - 11th December, 2013 - Lot 302 ill.

5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 5th December, 2012 - Lots 93 + 249 (both ill.)

Russell Kaplan Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 2nd December, 2011 - Lots P49 + P 50 (both ill.)

 

Ernst DE JONG "Aton", 1964 mixed media on board - 25x25 cm first shown at Gallery 101, Johannesburg

"Aton", 1964 - m/med., gold leaf, nails and wire on board - 25x25 cm

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Ernst de JONG "Knight", 1964 - m/med., gold leaf on board - 27x29 cm

"Knight", 1964 - m/med., gold leaf on board - 27x29 cm

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5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 30th March, 2011 - Lots 485/488 ill.

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 28th November, 2009 - Lot 055 + 056 ill.

5th Avenue Auctioneers, Johannesburg - 22nd November, 2009 - Lot 120 ill.

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 9th November, 2009 - Lot 595 + 596 (both ill.)

Welz / Sotheby's Cape Town - 25th-26th May, 2009 - Lot 119 ill.

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 8th November, 2008 - Lot 429 ill.

Bernardi Auctioneers, Pretoria - 17th September, 2007 - Lot 323

Welz / Sotheby's Johannesburg - 30th July, 2007 - Lot 190 + 191 (one ill.)

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Additional links and information

A work from 1968 in a private collection in Switzerland

www.pelmama.org - do an internal search for "Jong"!

 

Ernst de Jong passed away on 17th February, 2016

 

 

Facebook link

https://www.facebook.com/ernst.dejong.1

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Graphics published in 1974 and 1975 under the "Editions 21" seal

The Dance Portfolio  - Shells Portfolio

Nude and Ecstasy  - Shield Portfolio

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Updated 3rd May, 2017

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