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Mixed Media
41 x 36cm
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Smurf on the Run in This Old Painting
R15,800 (Excl. VAT)
R18,170 (Incl. VAT)
Artist:Ingrid Altmann
Mixed Media
41 x 36cm
Within South Africa we courier your artwork to your door - the shipping cost will show at the checkout. When shipping art internationally, two primary options are commonly considered: crated and rolled. Crating involves securely packaging the artwork in a custom-built crate, providing maximum protection against physical damage but often resulting in higher shipping costs due to size and weight. We will be in touch regarding the best options for you. Virtual hanging of art is an innovative service we offer that allows art enthusiasts and collectors to visualize how artworks will appear in their desired spaces before making a purchase. We digitally place the selected artworks on your walls, in the correct scale to achieve the desired aesthetic. This service not only helps in making informed decisions but also enhances the overall art-buying experience, providing a realistic preview of the final result and ensuring that the chosen artworks harmonize with the surrounding decor. Please contact us to make use of this service!
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On the other hand, rolling art involves taking stretched paintings off the frame, carefully wrapping the artwork and placing it in a protective tube. This method is more cost-effective and suitable for flexible pieces.
Choosing between crating and rolling depends on the specific artwork's size, fragility, and budget, as well as the destination's shipping requirements and regulations.
Virtual Hanging
Ingrid Altmann
Ingrid Altmann
South African artist Ingrid Altmann breathes new life into forgotten artworks, transforming overlooked paintings into contemporary pieces filled with humour, nostalgia, and renewed purpose. After two decades in PR and years of part-time painting, she pursued a creative direction aligned with her passion for recycling, upcycling, and reimagining everyday objects. This led to her distinctive series, “This Old Painting,” which playfully bridges past and present.
Inspired by Tintin, Asterix, Garfield, the Flintstones, Snoopy, and other childhood favourites, Altmann sources unwanted artworks from thrift stores across the Western Cape. Many feature recognisable South African landscapes, coastlines, or historical scenes. By adding hand-painted, comical figures to these backdrops, she creates new narratives, rhythms, and purpose for each piece.
Altmann believes art should be accessible to all. By merging classical or dated South African scenes with universally recognisable characters, her work is joyful, relatable, and deeply human. “After everything the world has gone through, we all need something that makes us smile,” she notes.
Coming from a creative family, Altmann began painting at 21, experimenting with many styles before finding her voice — one celebrating reinvention, sustainability, and the poetry of the unexpected. Upcycling, for her, is not just artistic but a meaningful response to a consumer-driven world, preserving beauty and creating joy from the overlooked.
Her work evokes delight, nostalgia, and surprise, inviting viewers to engage with familiar icons in unfamiliar settings. One either loves it or does not, she says — but the invitation is simple: look closely, enjoy the humour, and see old South African paintings anew.
Ingrid Altmann is represented by The Artists Gallery in Cape Town.
