Berrell JENSEN

1938

sculptures in metal

 

C.V. - An Introduction 1973

Solo Shows - Group Shows

Public Commissions - Images

Works in museums - Works sold on auction

Other references, publications and links

Berrell JENSEN 1967 - cover of invitation card Gallery 101 Nov 1967

Berrell Jensen in 1967

Brief C.V.

1958 was art lecturer, Johannesburg School of Art

1983 gave art/sculpture lecture at Architectural Association, London

1968 - 1972 lived in Greece; 1972 - 1975 lived in England; 1975 - 1980 lived in Ireland

Berrell Elizabeth Jensen, born on 22.3.1938, has 2 children - Michael Robin Jensen (b. 1958), Sandra Anne Jensen (b. 1961)

For a more detailed CV, go to this link!

An Introduction - with images    <<<<< please click on the link for details! (881 KB - 5 pages)

 

Selected Solo Shows

Pabros Theatre, Durban - 1960

New Directions, Johannesburg - 1962

Gallery Shear, Cape Town - 5th April, 1965

Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 29th November, 1965

Gallery Shear, Cape Town - July 1966

Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 23rd November, 1966

Gallery 101, Johannesburg - 20th November, 1967

Gallery 101 Hyde Park, Johannesburg - 20th February, 1972

The Village Gallery, Pretoria - 28th June, 1972

SA Association of Arts, Cape Town - 1972

Compendium Galleries, Birmingham - 3rd March, 1973

Elvaston Gallery, London - 1973

Butlin Gallery, Dillington House, Ilminster - 1973

Drian Galleries, London - 21st May, 1974

Gallery 21 Hyde Park Johannesburg - 7th September, 1974

Michael + Ann Sutton Home, Parktown North, Johannesburg - 1975 and 1976

1979 Belfast, N. Ireland

Selected Group Shows

1960 "Natal Artists", Durban

1962 "Group Exhibition", New Directions, Johannesburg

1962 Two-person show with Peter Davis, New Directions, Johannesburg

1963 Two-women show with Barbara Greig, New Directions, Johannesburg

1964 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg - The Year's Findings

1965 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg - Artists of Fame & Promise

1966 SA Association of Arts, Pretoria  "Republican Festival Exhibition"

1966 Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet - Opening exhibition

1967 Adler Fielding Galleries, Johannesburg "South African Sculptors"

1967 SA Association of Arts, Pretoria "Johannesburg artists"

1968 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg - Kinetic Sculpture - 2-person show with Douglas Jay

1970 New Forms Gallery, Athens Greece

1971 Gallery 101, Johannesburg "10 South African Sculptors"

1972 Gallery 101, Johannesburg "South African Sculptors"

1973 Bruton Art Gallery, Somerset UK

1974 Chapel Gallery, Wessex Wilts UK - "Three women"

1974 Gallery 21 London

1975 Gallery 21 London

1976 Octagon Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland

1976/8 Ireland House, Dublin

1985 Hampstead Hall, Hampstead, London

Public commissions in South Africa - a selection of images and text - (PDF 1.39 MB - 8 pages)

Berrell JENSEN mural in copper, bronze and enamels - 5.25m L x 1.54m H (Longford Westmeath Hospital, Mullingar, Ireland)

Public commissions in Ireland - see PDF list (other images on request)

 

Other images

Berrell JENSEN "Evolution", 1967 - ill. on ARTLOOK 11

"Evolution", 1967 - ill. on cover of ARTLOOK 11

see also the PHOTO ALBUM with 15 images!

 

Works in museums

Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa

Berrell JENSEN "Landscape", 1965 - panel in copper 81x60 cm (©Coll. Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet)

"Landscape", 1965 - 81x60 cm

(img © The Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet)

 

Works sold on auction

 Sotheby’s Online Houston TX USA - December, 2001 (from the Rex Grey Family Collection - Provenance: Gallery 101, Johannesburg):

Berrell JENSEN mid 60s - metal relief brass on wood

Metal Relief Brass on Wood - Lot # 39V55

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Strauss & Co. Johannesburg - 1st November, 2010

Berrell Jensen 1960s panel in copper, brass, enamel 150x133cm (Goldstein commission)

Lot 122 - first wrongly attributed to another artist - sold on 1.11.2010 for ZAR69'000

Other references

The Star, Johannesburg - 25th March, 1965 - article with ill.

Die Vaderland, Johannesburg - 30th November, 1965 - review with ill.

The Star, Johannesburg - 30th November, 1965 - review with ill.

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 1st December, 1965 - image of artist and architect Jan van Gemert

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 3rd December, 1965 - review

Die Burger, Cape Town - 29th July, 1966 - review

The Cape Times, Cape Town - 30th July, 1966 - review

News/Check Johannesburg - 21st October, 1966, p. 48, ill.

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - 22nd November, 1966 - review

The Star, Johannesburg - 22nd November, 1966 - review

Die Transvaler, Johannesburg - 25th November, 1966 - ill.

Die Vaderland, Johannesburg - 28th November, 1966 - article with ill.

ARTLOOK 1, Johannesburg - November, 1966 p. 20

ARTLOOK 2, Johannesburg - December, 1966, p. 5, article with ill.

The Star, Johannesburg - 24th February, 1967 - image of the artist and "Fountain"

ARTLOOK 5, Johannesburg - March/April, 1967, p. 12, ill.

ARTLOOK 11, Johannesburg - October, 1967 - "Evolution" ill. on cover, ill. interview pp. 20/21

ARTLOOK 20, Johannesburg - July, 1968 - cover and article with images pp. 24/25

The Star, Johannesburg - 2nd March, 1972 - article with ill.

Rand Daily Mail (?), Johannesburg - undated (August 1974?) - article with ill.

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg - September, 1974 - review

The Star, Johannesburg - 18th September, 1974 - review

Sandton Chronicle, Sandton - September 1974 - announcement with ill. of "Thalassa" mural

Art London Vol. XXVI No 24 - 29th November, 1974 - review

The Star, Johannesburg - 19th December, 1974 - article with ill.

ART SOUTH AFRICA V.6.2, Cape Town - November, 2007 - ill. on http://artsouthafrica.com/?article=397

Other publications

S.A. Art – S.A. Kuns – Twentieth Century South African Art” (Human & Rousseau, 1966), fig. 97, p. 127

"Art & Artists of South Africa" (Berman) (Southern Book), 1983, listed p. 516

Other links

www.pelmama.org - do an internal search for "Berrell Jensen"!

 

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