STEYNBERG, Coert

Artist

Coert Steynberg was a renowned South African sculptor who worked in stone, marble, bronze, copper and wood. His work is represented nationwide and internationally, including a statue of Bartholomew Dias in South Africa House in London, a monument to Andries Pretorius in Graaff-Reinet, one to Louw Wepener near Bethulie, and the Peace of Vereeniging monument in Vereeniging.

He was married to Elizabeth (Betsie) Bosman and their daughter is the visual artist Isa Steynberg (b.1942).

(Wikipedia)

List of projects

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Andries Pretorius Monument: 1943 : 2012. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape - Artist

Blood River Monument - Jaw Bone Wagon Monument: 1947. Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal - Artist

City Hall: 1926 - 1935. Central, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Artist - cornice and pediment sculpture

Huguenot Memorial: 1948. Franschhoek, Western Cape - Sculptor

Karel Landman Monument: 1938. Kolrant Farm, Alexandria, Eastern Cape - Artist

Louw Wepener memorial and grave: 1940. Bethulie, Free State - Artist

Statue of Christiaan de Wet: 1954. Bloemfontein, Free State - Sculptor

References

SABC. 1959. Our Art 1. Pretoria: Lantern / SABC. pp 133-137