Zelda Nolte
Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) was a South African-British sculptor and woodblock printmaker.
Zelda Nolte
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- Name
- Zelda Nolte
- Born
- 1929
- Birthplace
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Died
- 2003 (aged 74)
- Place of death
- Granada, Spain
- Education
- Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich Switzerland
- Known for
- Sculpture, woodcuts, woodblock printing
- Movement
- Postwar art, Contemporary art Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) was a South African-British sculptor and woodblock printmaker.
- Nationality
- South Africa · Israel
- Occupation
- sculptor
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• Name — Zelda Nolte • Born — 1929 • Birthplace — Cape Town, South Africa • Died — 2003 (aged 74) • Place of death — Granada, Spain • Education — Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich Switzerland • Alma Mater — University of Cape Town Michaelis School of Fine Art • Known for — Sculpture, woodcuts, woodblock printing • Style — Modern art Abstract art • Movement — Postwar art, Contemporary art Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) was a South African-British sculptor and woodblock printmaker.
Education
Education
Zelda Nolte studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under the directorship of Johannes Itten, which became Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, and sculpture, at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town under Professor Lippy Lipshitz.
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Work
• Illustration — Zelda Nolte - Africa - Woodcut Woodblock Print on Rice Paper c.1964 c. 40x33 inches 102x84 cm • Illustration — Zelda Nolte Sculpture Form c.1963-4, Wood; height c. 60"_152 cm • Illustration — Zelda Nolte sculpture maquette poured concrete c.1964-5 • Illustration — Zelda Nolte Black Hole Woodblock Print 1977 • Illustration — Zelda Nolte - Dreaming The Dark; Sculpture - wood, bone. c. 1990
Zelda Nolte - Africa - Woodcut Woodblock Print on Rice Paper c.1964 c. 40x33 inches 102x84 cm
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Cape Town.
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Exhibitions and collections
Nolte represented South Africa in the 1963 Sao Paulo Bienale. She has work in the collection of the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town and the New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge. Selected Exhibitions to 1978 from Zelda Nolte Exhibition catalogue 1978, Hobson Gallery, Cambridge, UK. (archive): 1960 South African Quadrennial Exhibition, National Gallery Cape Town, South Africa 1962 National Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth, South African 1963 Solo Exhibition, Association of Arts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1963 São Paulo Biennale, Brazil 1964 Johannesburg Festival Exhibition, Milner Park, Johannesburg, South Africa 1963 New Orleans International Exhibition, USA 1964 South African Art Today, National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1964 "Group Six", Wolpe Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 1965 Lidchi Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 1965 National Gallery, Salisbury (Harare), Zimbabwe 1968 Group Exhibition, AIA Gallery, London, UK 1971 Solo Exhibition, Artist House Gallery, Jerusalem. 1972 Florence Biennale International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Florence, Italy 1973 Group Exhibition, Binyanei Ha'Ouma, Jerusalem 1974 National Art Gallery Cape Town, "50 Years Michaelis", Cape Town, South Africa 1977 Kettles Yard, Cambridge, Cambridge Society of Painters and Sculptors Group Exhibition, Cambridge, UK
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