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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon ELOFF, Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Born: 1885 10 07 Died: 1947 11 20 Sculptor Fanie Eloff was the grandson of President Paul Kruger. Henk PIERNEEF and Gerard MOERDYK were Fanie’s schoolfellows at the old Staatsmodelskool in Pretoria. In 1908 he decided to further his studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He decided to become a sculptor after seeing the work of Auguste Rodin, and spent the greater part of his creative life in Paris. With the invasion of Paris during WW2 he had to flee and returned to South Africa. In 1945 the SA Academy of Science and Art awarded him with the Medal of Honour for his art. See Wikipedia for more information and photos of his sculptures. References 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 157 Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pp 26, 132 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1971. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 4 Dev-For. Cape Town: Nasou. pp 296 SABC. 1961. Our Art 2. Pretoria: SA Association for the Advancement of Knowledge and Culture / SABC. pp ?