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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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
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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
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