Ansel Krut born 1959

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Ansel Krut - Little Fry-Up
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Contemporary Art Online | London
April 2020
Sothebys, London
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Realised: 2.750 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Matelot (Jolly Jack Tar)
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Contemporary Art Online | London
November 2019
Sothebys, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 2.000 - 3.000 GBP
Realised: 2.500 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Napoleon On Elba
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Contemporary Art Online | London
August 2019
Sothebys, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 4.000 GBP
Realised: 3.250 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Exotic Dancer
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First Open | Online
April 2019
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 5.250 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Shattered Man
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
March 2019
Christies, London
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 15.000 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Smokers on a Balcony
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Handpicked: 50 Works Selected by the Saatchi Gallery
June 2018
Christies, London
Est.: 7.000 - 10.000 GBP
Realised: 11.875 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Head with Bottles
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First Open Online
April 2018
Christies, London (Online Auction)
Est.: 5.000 - 7.000 GBP
Realised: 5.250 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Mussels
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
March 2018
Christies, London
Est.: 8.000 - 12.000 GBP
Realised: 16.250 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Arse Flowers in Bloom
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Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
October 2017
Christies, London
Est.: 12.000 - 18.000 GBP
Realised: 12.500 GBP
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Ansel Krut - Clockwork Hearts
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Twentieth Century British Art
October 2007
Christies, London
Est.: 300 - 500 GBP
Realised: 1.250 GBP
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The artist Ansel Krut

  • South African painter who lives and works in London.
  • Drawing on Cubism and Futurism, he combines portraiture with still life.
  • Personifies objects and objectifies people in his paintings.

The painter Ansel Krut was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1959 and studied at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg from 1979. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1982, he lived at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, a studio and housing complex for student artists, for a year. In 1986, Krut obtained his Master's degree in painting from the Royal College of Art in London and was subsequently awarded a scholarship to the British School at Rome. His first solo show took place two years earlier at the Shell Gallery in Johannesburg. This was followed by various other exhibitions, including in 1996 at the Jason and Rhodes Gallery (London), in 1999 at the George Adams Gallery (New York) as well as at the Tate Gallery of Modern Art (London) and in 2016 at the Saatchi Gallery (London).

Krut draws inspiration from classical portraiture and cartoon imagery to create his paintings, in which he goes against the history of painting with its traditional practices in an ironic way.

By layering multicoloured paint, his works take on a certain spatiality. Fans, swirls, geometric angles as well as dynamic and carefully chosen ambiguous figures are recurring forms in his paintings and reveal an abstract portrait painting. He often combines this portrait painting with still lives, in which he personifies objects and objectifies people. In doing so, he refers mainly to Cubism, Futurism, abstraction and vintage cartoons. In all of his artworks he strives to create confrontation. Thus, his canvas characters classically stare directly back at the viewers.

Today Ansel Krut lives and works in London. In addition to painting professionally, he works as a lecturer in painting at the Royal College of Art as well as an art lecturer at the National Gallery London.

Der Künstler Ansel Krut

  • Südafrikanischer Maler, der in London lebt und arbeitet.
  • Bezugnehmend auf Kubismus und Futurismus kombiniert er Porträtmalerei mit Stillleben.
  • Personifiziert Objekte und objektiviert Personen in seinen Gemälden.

Der Maler Ansel Krut wurde 1959 in Kapstadt (Südafrika) geboren und studierte ab 1979 an der Witwatersrand-Universität in Johannesburg. Nach seinem Bachelorabschluss 1982 im Bereich bildende Künste lebte er für ein Jahr in der Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, einem Atelier- und Wohnkomplex für studierende Künstler. 1986 erlangte Krut vom Royal College of Art in London seinen Masterabschluss in Malerei und wurde anschließend mit einem Stipendium für die British School at Rome ausgezeichnet. Bereits zwei Jahre zuvor fand in der Shell Gallery in Johannesburg seine erste Einzelschau statt. Ihr folgten diverse weitere Ausstellungen u. a. 1996 in der Jason and Rhodes Gallery (London), 1999 in der George Adams Gallery (New York), in der Tate Gallery of Modern Art (London) und 2016 in der Saatchi Gallery (London).

Krut zieht Inspiration aus klassischer Porträtmalerei und Cartoonbildwelten, um seine Gemälde zu gestalten, in denen er sich auf ironische Weise gegen die Geschichte der Malerei mit ihren traditionellen Gepflogenheiten stellt.

Durch das Schichten von bunter Farbe erhalten seine Werke eine gewisse Räumlichkeit. Fächer, Wirbel, geometrische Winkel sowie dynamische und mit Bedacht gewählte zweideutige Gestalten sind wiederkehrende Formen in seinen Gemälden und offenbaren eine abstrakte Portraitmalerei. Häufig kombiniert er diese Porträtmalerei mit Stillleben, in welchen er Objekte personifiziert und Personen objektiviert. Dabei nimmt er vor allem Bezug auf den Kubismus, auf Futurismus, Abstraktion und Vintage Cartoons. In all seinen Werken strebt er danach, Konfrontation zu erzeugen. So starren seine Leinwandcharaktere klassischerweise direkt auf die Betrachtenden zurück.

Heute lebt und arbeitet Ansel Krut in London. Neben der beruflichen Malerei arbeitet er als Dozent für Malerei am Royal College of Art sowie als Kunstlektor in der National Gallery London.

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