Iris Ampenberger 1916 – 1981 South Africa, 1916 – 1981 Artist married to Stefan Ampenberger

Iris Ampenberger 

Iris Ampenberger was born in Cape Town situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa, 1916 – 1981
Art Education
Iris Ampenberger studied art at Port Elizabeth Tech Art School and Johannesburg Tech Art School in South Africa.
Short Artist Biography
- Iris Ampenberger was married to Stefan Ampenberger, with whom she traveled around South Africa, painting and exhibiting. After settling in Thaba ‘Nchu, she was invited to exhibit with the Bloemfontein Group in 1964. Works in oil and charcoal, some linocuts.
- 1972 Iris Ampenberger designed 7 relief panels for Moroko Hospital, Thaba ‘Nchu, modeled in clay and cast in cement by Stefan Ampenberger.
- 1975 Stricken by illness, which limited subsequent mobility and art activity.
- 1976 Retrospective Art Exhibition in celebration of Iris Ampenberger's 60th birthday, University of Orange Free State, Bloemfontein.
Art Exhibitions
- 1952 Van Riebeeck Tercent Art Exhibition, Cape Town;
- 1961 First one-man art exhibition, Cape Town;
- 1964 Third Quad of South African Art;
- 1965 ‘South African Women Artist’, South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town;
- 1966 ‘The Bloemfontein Group’, South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town; other Bloemfontein Group exhibitions.
- 1969 Quinquennial of South African Art;
- 1978 Retrospective Art Exhibition, University of Orange Free State.
Public Art collections
Pretoria Art Museum; William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberly.

Source
Berman, E. 1994. Art & Artists of South Africa . Southern Book Publishers. 

'Skool Toe'
oil on board, unframed
61 x 46cm (24 x 18 1/8in) 

SISTERS

 

Boy in long Kloof

WOMAN WITH CANEwatercolour and charcoal on paper 36 by 27cm 

Coffee

Cape Town, South Africa

  

Mother and Child

VROU WAT SIT
charcoal and ink on paper
35,5 by 23cm

Collecting Fruit
Oil
45 x 53

Semi Nude Figure
Mixed media on paper
54 x 35cm  

Seated female
Mixed media on paper
34.5 x 24 cm 

Mother Bending Down
Mixed media on paper
44 x 32 cm.     

Dinner Party with the Ampenbergers
Mixed media on paper
54 x 38 cm.

Seated Girl
oil on board
60 by 50cm    

 Standing Nude
Oil
48 x 40 cm  

NATIVES THRESHING - TRANSVAAL , 1951
oil on board
30,5 by 40,5cm  

Group of Women , 1956
Oil on Board
36.7 x 44.7cm

Two Figures , 1970
Mixed Media
39 x 26 cm   

Mother & Child , 1970
Mixed Media
34 x 25 cm

African Figure with Kierie , 1970
Mixed Media
39 x 26 cm 

TWO GIRLS DANCING , 1972
watercolour and charcoal
33 by 23,5cm  

 2 works: Eyeing the Girls; Two Ladies Conversing , 1975
oil on paper; watercolour
Each 34 x 28cm

PORTRAIT OF A MAN , 1975
mixed media on paper laid down on board
43 by 37cm 

IRISES IN A VASE , 1975
oil on card laid down on board
59,5 by 48cm 

Toustaan , 1976
Oil on board
59 x 44cm 

Mother and child , 1976
Mixed media
38 x 28 cm

Jumble Sale
oil on board
18 1/8 x 24in 

TWO WOMEN

watercolour on paper

47 x 32cm

Off to Market

Oil on board

49,5 by 59,5cm  

Three works: THE COUPLE; THE BASKET; WAITING

charcoal and pastel on paper

largest 46 by 31,5cm 

Doctors' Conference

mixed media on paper

36 x 26cm 

Black Friday

oil on board

59 x 45cm

A Family Of Three

oil on board

60 x 45cm  

2 works: MOTHER AND CHILDREN; SEATED FIGURE

charcoal on paper

various sizes 

Four Figures Gossiping

Oil

31 x 38 

A Portrait of Stefan

pastel and watercolour

33,5 by 26cm 

Off to Town

oil on canvas board

39 by 49,5cm 

YOUNG BOY

Oil on board

56 x 34cm 

 

The Sunshade 

oil on board 

49.5 x 39.5 cm. (19.5 x 15.6 in.)

  Four children and a dog 

oil on board 59.5 x 48 cm. (23.4 x 18.9 in.)

Iris Ampenberger

South African (1916-1980)

"Icon"

Oil on board: 32cm x 25cm

Iris Ampenberger (1916 - 1981) Oil Harvestors Signed 49 x 59

Mother and Child

Iris Ampenberger (1916 - 1981) Oil "Die Wat Wag" Those That Want Signed Inscribed with Title Verso 80 x 64

Iris Ampenberger (SA 1916 - 1981) Watercolour, Sisters, Signed, 42 x 31

Iris Ampenberger (SA 1916 - 1981) Charcoal Seated Woman Signed 37 x 27

Iris Ampenberger (SA 1916 - 1981) Oil, "Clay, Copper & Wood", Signed, 60 x 55

Potrait by Ampenberger, Iris

Iris.Ampenberger litho ,,Stefan en Fifi (cat) signed1974.320 x370