Zelda Nolte

Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) was a South African- British sculptor and woodblock printmaker.^[1]

Zelda Nolte
Nolte c. 1970s
Born	1929 Cape Town, South Africa
Died	2003 (aged 74) Granada, Spain
Nationality	South African, British
Education	Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Zurich Switzerland
Alma mater	University of Cape Town Michaelis School of Fine Art
Known for	Sculpture, woodcuts, woodblock printing
Style	Modern art Abstract art
Movement	Postwar art, Contemporary art

Education

Zelda Nolte studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Zürich under the directorship of Johannes Itten, which became Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, and sculpture, at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town^[2] under Professor Lippy Lipshitz.^[3][4][5]

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 Town^[6][7] and the New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge.^{[8][9][10][11][3][6][12][13][14][15][16]}

Selected Exhibitions to 1978 from Zelda Nolte Exhibition catalogue 1978, Hobson Gallery, Cambridge, UK. (archive):^[17]

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

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

References

1. Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author) AD. Donker (Publisher), 1982
2. Centenary of women on campus, 1886/7-1986/7, University of Cape Town. Page 29
3. 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
4. Aids/bc_856_lippy_lipshitz_papers.htm
5. BC 856 LIPPY LIPSHITZ PAPERS; Manuscripts & Archives; Section D6: Letters received from various people; University of Cape Town Libraries - accessed 11 June 2020; https://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/existing/Finding%20Aids/bc_856_lippy_lipshitz_papers.htm
6. South 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
7. Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-national-gallery accessed 24 February 2017
8. New Hall College, Cambridge Art Collection; Zelda Nolte – Untitled [1967] Block print, 12/20, 61 x 45 cm on loan from the New Hall Union Art Committee. https://www.art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/the-collection/by/artist/id/134/name/Zelda+Nolte/artwork/233 accessed 25 October 2016
9. The New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge https://www.art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/artist/zelda-nolte/ accessed 23 October 2019
10. Biennale Internazionale della Grafica D'arte: Catalogo, Armando Nocentini (author), Publisher: Palazzo Strozzi, (1972). Volume 3, Issue 1 Page 247, Page 249, ASIN: B003TBS46O Catalogo. < Zelda Nolte, Tensione, 1967. Jacob Pins, Mob, 1969.
11. Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town, Volume 9, 1973. Page 551
12. Printmaking in a Transforming South Africa by Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin (21 November 1997) p. 134
13. 7ª Bienal de São Paulo (1963) – Catálogo I Primeira parte do Catálogo da 7ª Bienal de São Paulo (1963).
14. "Artists Signatures Project - South Africa". www.artistsignatures.org. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
15. Zelda Nolte Terminal Rhyme set of six hand-coloured woodcuts, with poems by Ralph Grant, copy no.4 from an edition of 25, signed and titled in pencil, published by Hobson Gallery, Cambridge 1979, each 32 x 45cm, in a cloth folder together with two other prints sold 22 November 2007 https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/4525207_zelda-nolte Retrieved 4 August 2016
16. "Skotnes family archive | page 79b". archive.cecilskotnes.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
17. Zelda Nolte Exhibition catalogue 1978 Hobson Gallery, Cambridge, UK (archive); uploaded scan: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zelda_Nolte_Hobson_Gallery1978_1kpx.jpg