X

Stay current on auction happenings!

Sign up in one step for a FREE weekly auction newsletter

We value your privacy! Click here to read our policies.

X
Forgot Password

Forgot Password?
(Enter your email below.)


Cancel

Not a member?
Create your account today!

Search from over 100,000 items available at auction now


Advanced
Search

  • Add this artist to my Artfact Advisor™ Alerts

Dumile (1939-1991)

Aliases: Mslaba Dumile; Zwelidumile Mxgasi Dumile; Dumile Feni; Dumile Feni; Mhlaba Zwelidumile Mgxaji Feni; Mhlaba Dumile Feni; Mhlaba Zwelidumile Mxgasi Feni; Mslaba Dumile Geelboi Mgxaji Feni; Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba Feni

Professions: Plastic Art

  • Click to See Larger Size Click to See Lot Detail
    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Lion and cub (recto); Study of head and riders (verso) unframed

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Lion and cub (recto); Study of head and riders (verso) unframed

  • Click to See Larger Size Click to See Lot Detail
    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Woman combing her hair

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Woman combing her hair

  • Click to See Larger Size Click to See Lot Detail
    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Seated figure

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Seated figure

  • Click to See Larger Size Click to See Lot Detail
    Dumile) Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991)

    Dumile) Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991)

Dumile Biography

(b Worcester, Cape Province, 21 May 1939; d New York, 16 Oct 1991). South African sculptor and printmaker, active in South Africa, London and New York. After his mother’s death when he was c . eight years old, he lived with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. In the early 1950s he moved to Soweto under the care of his uncle. In 1963 and 1964, while undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, he was given some art materials and began his drawing career in earnest. Like many black South African artists from the late 1950s, Dumile had to negotiate the laws of apartheid that made his presence as a self-employed artist in the white city an offence. Dumile described himself as having never received any ‘real’ tuition and talked of artists learning from one another. Dumile was ‘discovered’ by Madame Haenggi, an art dealer who promoted his early work.

Grove Art excerpts - Electronic ©2003, Oxford Art Online

Back to the Top

Dumile Sold at AuctionView all Dumile Sold at Auction

  • Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Beast on a Bicycle (recto); Figure studies (verso) unframed, Dumile, Click for value View Details

    Dumile

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Beast on a Bicycle (recto); Figure studies (verso) unframed

  • Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Mother and child, Dumile, Click for value View Details

    Dumile

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Mother and child

  • Dumile) Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) , Dumile, Click for value View Details

    Dumile

    Dumile) Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991)

  • Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) They saw me lord, Dumile, Click for value View Details

    Dumile

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) They saw me lord

  • Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Head study, Dumile, Click for value View Details

    Dumile

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Head study

  • Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Ladies heads, Dumile, Click for value View Details

    Dumile

    Dumile Feni-Mhlaba (Zwelidumile Mxgazi) (South African, 1942-1991) Ladies heads

Back to the Top

Need Full Access to Our Artist Database?

Log in or subscribe for access to: artist alerts, price estimate, auction house name, auction title, location & date, and more...

Subscribe Now

Answer your questions about your favorite artist's works and their value or bid online for your chance to own a piece by Dumile. Artfact's Dumile artist profile page includes: Dumile biographical information, work by Dumile available at auction now, and prices realized for Dumile recently sold at auction.

  • Sign Up For Free Email Updates

Thank you!
Why not register for a
FREE account today?