Zelda Nolte (1929–2003) was a South African-British sculptor and woodblock printmaker.Three Centuries of South African Art: Fine Art, Architecture, Applied Arts, Hans Fransen (author) AD. Donker (Publisher), 1982
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 TownCentenary of women on campus, 1886/7-1986/7, University of Cape Town. Page 29 under Professor Lippy Lipshitz.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), 1982Aids/bc_856_lippy_lipshitz_papers.htmBC 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
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 viIziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-national-gallery accessed 24 February 2017 and the New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge.New Hall College, Cambridge Art Collection; Zelda Nolte – Untitled 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 2016The New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge https://www.art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/artist/zelda-nolte/ accessed 23 October 2019Biennale 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.Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town, Volume 9, 1973. Page 551Printmaking in a Transforming South Africa by Philippa Hobbs and Elizabeth Rankin (21 November 1997) p. 1347ª Bienal de São Paulo (1963) – Catálogo I Primeira parte do Catálogo da 7ª Bienal de São Paulo (1963).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
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 São Paulo 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
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