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Jacob Hendrik Pierneef

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (usually referred to as 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.

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Auction Results

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef The Close of Day, Erongo Mountains, S.W.A, signed and dated '36; signed, dated 1923, oil on canvas, 60 by 75cm Estimate R2 000 000 - 3 000 000 SOLD: R2 617 400 Strauss & Co JH Pierneef: En Route Auction July 2022	Jacob Hendrik Pierneef Landscape With Trees Near Daspoort Pretoria, Oil, Signed & Dated '15, 50 x 75 Estimate R 650,000 - R 850,000 SOLD: R 620,000 5th Avenue Auctioneers May 2021	Jacob Hendrik Pierneef Baobabs, 1952, Oil on board, 44,5 by 59cm Estimate R 2 500 000 - R3 000 000 SOLD: R 5 121 000 Strauss & Co April 2021
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef Die Wolk, signed and dated 1920, Oil on canvas, 89.5 by 58.5cm Estimate R 2 200 000 - 2 800 000 SOLD: R 2 503 600 Strauss & Co North/South Live Virtual Auction November 2020	Jacob Hendrik Pierneef Bosveld, 1953 Estimate R 9 000 000 - R12 000 000 SOLD: R10 242 000 Strauss & Co July 2020