Abstract painting Heidi Herzog

INVESTMENT ART 

Abstract forms, pastel on paper, signed and dated '63,

Size excluding frame : 

61xm by 47cm

Size including frame :

77cm x 62cm

Please see second picture ...artwork was valuated in 2020 by Swelco / Stephen Welz & Co at R8000 to R12000 
Selling for a bargain at R5500 !!!!

I can safely courier to your door anywhere in South Africa at an extra R30

Selling for a bargain at R5500

Brief Biography:

Born Adelheid Herzog in Basel, Switzerland, 7th December, 1905; died in Johannesburg, South Africa, 25th February, 1967, after an open-heart operation. She worked and exhibited in Europe before emigrating to South Africa in 1951.

Heidi Herzog's parents were Johannes Herzog, a bank accountant, and Anna Maria Herzog née Süss. Heidi, baptized at St. Peter's in Basel on 8th April, 1906, married against her family' wishes a Jewish painter. In 1931, she began painting at Torre del Greco (ltaly). She worked throughout ltaly and France, was influenced by André Derain and Dunoyer de Segonzac. She first participated in a joint exhibition at the Galeries Modernes in Marseilles. She worked for about eights months at the artists' colony "La Cadière d'Azur" with Robert Lemercier and André Favory (1888-1937). Held solo exhibition at Musée d 'Arles. Decisive period at Aix-en-Provence.

After losing her husband and their two children through bombs during WW2, she fled to Switzerland. Through a family friend, and as a result of her academic studies in chemistry in Basel, she was sent to South Africa, but this occupation did not satisfy her. After a short stay in Durban, she moved to Johannesburg where she dedicated herself to her art. She  was then noticed by Gerrit Bakker who offered her an exhibition at his gallery in May 1961