Jacob Hendrik Pierneef
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"Road to Kameelberg"
Signed Pierneef. Panel 30 x 35 cm.
Provenance
From the collection of a Scandinavian nobleman who had a long diplomatic career. Stationed as Consul General in the South African Union around 1950s
Exhibitions
Schweickerdt´s Gallery, Pretoria, “Paintings by J. H. Pierneef”, 19 - 29 September 1951, no 21.
More information
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886-1957), born in Pretoria, is widely regarded as one of the finest landscape painters among the old South African masters. Pierneef's unique style is recognized worldwide, heavily influenced by the breathtaking South African landscape.
His artistic focus predominantly centered on the South African highveld, which served as a lifelong inspiration for him. Pierneef's distinctive approach involved simplifying and reducing the landscape into geometric structures, utilizing flat planes, lines, and color to convey the inherent harmony and order found in nature. As a result, his works presented a formalized, ordered, and often monumental view of the uninhabited South African landscape, characterized by dramatic light and vivid colors.