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PIERNEEF, Jacob Hendrik

Born: 1886 08 13
Died: 1957 10 04

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Jacob Hendrik Pierneef was born in Pretoria on 13 August 1886. His father, Gerrit Pierneef was a builder from the Netherlands and his mother was a descendent of the Voortrekkers. The family moved to the Netherlands during the Anglo-Boer war and Pierneef returned to South Africa at the age of 18.

He was encouraged to study art by established artists, one of whom was the sculptor Anton van Wouw who was his godfather. He became a well known artist in South Africa where his modernist and geometric style revolutionised South African art. He is best known for his paintings of panels at the Johannesburg Park Station.

He did a woodcut for the book By die monument by Totius with poems of the Vrouemonument.

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Elangeni, Die Kraal: 1939 - 1950s. Scientia, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Artist

Books by PIERNEEF

Pierneef, JH, De Kamper, Gerard & De Klerk, Chris (Artist ; Compilers). 2014. JH Pierneef in print. Bela-Bela: Dream Africa Productions and Publishing

Books citing PIERNEEF

Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pp 196

Berman, Esmé. 1983. Art and artists of South Africa: An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875. Cape Town : Balkema. pp 6+ill, 34, 43, 134, 139, 140+ill, 141, 143, 157, 175, 176, 191, 192, 195 ill, 210, 211 ill, 219, 228, 244, 245 ill, 279, 298, 312, 319 ill pop, 327-332+ills, 334 ills opp, 335 ill, 349, 355, 366, 371, 372, 379, 380+ill, 429, 431, 432+ill, 475, 481, 488, 507, 513, 514

Coetzee, NJ. 1992. Pierneef, Land and Landscape: The Johannesburg Station Panels in Context. Johannesburg: CBM Publishing. pp All

Fisher, RC, Le Roux, SW. 1998. Architecture of the Transvaal. Pretoria: UNISA. pp 82, 124, 127, 138, 141, 153

Grosskopf, J F W. 1945. Hendrik Pierneef: die man en sy werk. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pp All

Grosskopf, J F W. 1947. Hendrik Pierneef: the man and his work. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pp All

Nel, P G (editor). 1990. J H Pierneef: his life and his work. Cape Town: Perskor. pp All

Pierneef, JH, De Kamper, Gerard . 2014. JH Pierneef in print. Bela-Bela: Dream Africa Productions and Publishing. pp All

SAWW & Donaldson, K. 1935. South African Who's Who (Social and Business) 1935. Cape Town: Ken Donaldson. pp 157

SAWW & Donaldson, K. 1944. South African Who's Who (Social and Business) 1944. Cape Town: Ken Donaldson. pp 375

Schoonbee, Eliz-Marié. 2017. Tribute to the life and work of Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; A : 1886-1957. Franschhoek: La Motte Wine Estate, La Motte Museum. pp All

Taljaard, Anton. [2017]. Pierneef : a collector's passion. [s. n.]: Keyes Art Mile; Strauss & co. pp All

Van Rensburg, Wilhelm. 2015. A Space for Landscape: the work of JH Pierneef. Johannesburg: Standard Bank. pp All

Articles citing PIERNEEF

Unidentified. 1966. A Tribute to Norman Eaton.