Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886 - 1957)

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Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef was a South African landscape artist, generally considered to be one of the best of the old South African masters. His distinctive style is widely recognised and his work was greatly influenced by the South African landscape.

Most of his landscapes were of the South African highveld, which provided a lifelong source of inspiration for him. Pierneef's style was to reduce and simplify the landscape to geometric structures, using flat planes, lines and colour to present the harmony and order in nature. This resulted in formalised, ordered and often-monumental view of the South African landscape, uninhabited and with dramatic light and colour.

Pierneef's work can be seen worldwide in many private, corporate and public collections, including the Africana Museum, Durban Art Gallery, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Pierneef Museum and the Pretoria Art Gallery.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:13 august 1886, Pretoria, South Africa
Date and place of death:4 october 1957, Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality:South Africa
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Graphic artist, Landscape painter, Painter
Genre:Mountain landscape, Landscape painting, Rural landscape
Art style:Modern art, Post-Impressionism, Avant-garde

Creators South Africa

Zwelethu Mthethwa (1960)
Zwelethu Mthethwa
1960
Giovanni Schoeman (1940 - 1981)
Giovanni Schoeman
1940 - 1981
Fred (Frederick Hutchinson) Page (1908 - 1984)
Fred (Frederick Hutchinson) Page
1908 - 1984
Kendell Geers (1968)
Kendell Geers
1968
Marlene Dumas (1953)
Marlene Dumas
1953
Wonder Buhle Mbambo (1989)
Wonder Buhle Mbambo
1989
David Goldblatt (1930 - 2018)
David Goldblatt
1930 - 2018
Leonard Matsoso (1949)
Leonard Matsoso
1949
Zanele Muholi (1972)
Zanele Muholi
1972
Coert Steynberg (1905 - 1982)
Coert Steynberg
1905 - 1982
Pieter Hugo (1976)
Pieter Hugo
1976
Mo Edoga (1952 - 2014)
Mo Edoga
1952 - 2014
Cinga Samson (1986)
Cinga Samson
1986
Ezrom Legae (1938 - 1999)
Ezrom Legae
1938 - 1999
Maud Frances Eyston Sumner (1902 - 1985)
Maud Frances Eyston Sumner
1902 - 1985
Roger Ballen (1950)
Roger Ballen
1950

Creators Avant-garde

Leonid Izrailevich Lamm (1928 - 2017)
Leonid Izrailevich Lamm
1928 - 2017
Pateria (Pateriya) Ramesh (1937 - 1987)
Pateria (Pateriya) Ramesh
1937 - 1987
Max Pechstein (1881 - 1955)
Max Pechstein
1881 - 1955
Eduard Yanovich Brentsens (1885 - 1929)
Eduard Yanovich Brentsens
1885 - 1929
Louis Hayet (1864 - 1940)
Louis Hayet
1864 - 1940
Josef Hoffmann (1870 - 1956)
Josef Hoffmann
1870 - 1956
Vitaly Nikolaevich Goryaev (1910 - 1982)
Vitaly Nikolaevich Goryaev
1910 - 1982
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848 - 1933)
Louis Comfort Tiffany
1848 - 1933
Willie Landels (1928 - 2023)
Willie Landels
1928 - 2023
Boris Fedorovich Domashnikov (1924 - 2003)
Boris Fedorovich Domashnikov
1924 - 2003
Grigory Aleksandrovich Zimin (1900 - 1985)
Grigory Aleksandrovich Zimin
1900 - 1985
Xul Solar (1887 - 1963)
Xul Solar
1887 - 1963
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners (1883 - 1950)
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners
1883 - 1950
Franсois-Raoul Larche (1860 - 1912)
Franсois-Raoul Larche
1860 - 1912
Keith Milow (1945)
Keith Milow
1945
Robert Salomon Gessner (1908 - 1982)
Robert Salomon Gessner
1908 - 1982