Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) was a South African- British sculptor and woodblock printmaker.

Education

Zelda Nolte studied at the

Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich ...

under the directorship of

Johannes Itten Johannes Itten (11 November 1888 – 25 March 1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus (''Staatliches Bauhaus'') school. Together with German-American painter Lyonel Feininger ...

, which became

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich ...

, and sculpture, at

Michaelis School of Fine Art The Michaelis School of Fine Art was founded in 1925, and is the Fine Arts department of the University of Cape Town. The school's current director is Associate Professor Kurt Campbell. There are three research institutions associated with the sch ...

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

under Professor

Lippy Lipshitz Israel-Isaac Lipshitz, known as Lippy Lipshitz (8 May 1903 – 17 May 1980) was a South African sculptor, painter and printmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important South African sculptors, along with Moses Kottler and Anton van Wou ...

.Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author); p334; "A number of Michaelis-trained pupils of Lippy Lipshitz are primarily modellers. Of these, the highly talented sculptors Merle Freund and Zelda Nolte are now living abroad (as is Richard Wake)." Retrieved 4 August 2016; AD. Donker (Publisher), 1982

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 TownSouth African National Gallery, Cape Town, Annual Report of Iziko Museums of Cape Town, Iziko Museums of Cape Town, 2002;Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1 January 2003 Zelda Nolte, 93/9 Bust of Jan Smuts, bronze. page vi and the

New Hall Art Collection The Women's Art Collection (before 2022, the New Hall Art Collection) is a permanent collection of modern and contemporary art by women artists, at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge (previously New Hall), England. It includes over 600 works b ...

, University of Cambridge. Selected Exhibitions to 1978 from Zelda Nolte Exhibition catalogue 1978, Hobson Gallery, Cambridge, UK. (archive):Zelda Nolte Exhibition catalogue 1978 Hobson Gallery, Cambridge, UK (archive); uploaded scan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zelda_Nolte_Hobson_Gallery1978_1kpx.jpg 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 Sao Paolo 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

Work

File:Zelda Nolte - Africa - Woodcut Woodblock Print on Rice Paper c.1964 c. 40x33 inches 102x84 cm.jpg, Zelda Nolte - Africa - Woodcut Woodblock Print on Rice Paper c.1964 c. 40x33 inches 102x84 cm File:Zelda Nolte Sculpture Form c.1963-4, Wood; height c. 60" 152 cm.jpg, Zelda Nolte Sculpture Form c.1963-4, Wood; height c. 60"_152 cm File:Zelda Nolte sculpture maquette poured concrete c.1964 1200px.jpg, Zelda Nolte sculpture maquette poured concrete c.1964-5 File:Zelda Nolte Black Hole Woodblock Print 1977.jpg, Zelda Nolte Black Hole Woodblock Print 1977 File:Zelda Nolte - Dreaming The Dark; Sculpture - wood, bone. c. 1990.jpg, Zelda Nolte - Dreaming The Dark; Sculpture - wood, bone. c. 1990 Zelda Nolte Hobson Gallery1978 1kpx

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nolte, Zelda 1929 births 2003 deaths 20th-century British women artists 20th-century South African women artists British sculptors South African sculptors British women sculptors South African women sculptors University of Cape Town alumni Michaelis School of Fine Art alumni