Abstract Composition by Ernst de Jonge 1969 Signed

From a series. Abstract composition. Signed, dated and numbered ‘ERNST DE JONGE 1969 41/50’ (lower margin). Screen print. Sheet size 63.5 x 50.5 cms. All prints are professionally framed – black flat closed in wood with extruded acrylic 68% UV protection. 

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From a series. Abstract composition. Signed, dated and numbered ‘ERNST DE JONGE 1969 41/50’ (lower margin). Screen print. Sheet size 63.5 x 50.5 cms. The works in this series by De Jonge are a primeval mix of 20th Century abstraction together with totemic symbolism. The prints are all professionally framed – black flat closed grain wood with extruded acrylic 68% UV protection.

Please note images of the print within a room setting are for illustration purposes only and not to scale, please check dimensions.

Provenance: Private Collection

Screen printing

Also called silk screening, screen printing is best for bold designs that need to make an impact on materials like cloth, wood, and plastic. It involves transferring ink through a fine mesh screen onto the material, and some areas are made impermeable to the ink with a blocking stencil. Screen printing can print patterns repeatedly on many materials, and focuses on precision in defining solids. It’s a slower and more expensive process than lithography, but it’s well suited to large print runs. Screen prints are often associated with pop art and artists like Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, and Lichtenstein.

About the artist – Ernst de Jonge

Ernst de Jonge was born in Pretoria in 1934. He returned to South Africa in 1957 and the following year opened Ernst de Jonge Studios for graphic design. From 1994 to 1998, the artist and his wife moved to Oslo, Norway. Known for his Abstract Suprematist Symbolic style, de Jonge continued to lecture, paint, and exhibit until his death in 2016.

His studio soon became South Africa’s foremost design studio – his designs were represented in the New York Art Directors Annual and Graphis Magazine, Zurich.  His murals began decorating scores of organizations in South Africa.

His new look in painting, derived from the American abstract expressionists and Dutch suprematists, are still greatly sought after today. He was instrumental in changing the perceptions of South African art.

He has held over 50 group exhibitions and more than 50 solo shows in South Africa and internationally including museum shows in Europe and Scandinavia. He is the only living artist to have had 2 solo exhibitions at the Pretoria Art Museum.

Note: sometimes the artist is referred to as de Jong rather than de Jonge.