JH Pierneef: Doringbome, Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal - SOLD
JH Pierneef (1886 - 1957)
Doringbome, Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal - 1936
Linocut 5/50
15 x 20 cm
Inscribed with the title, signed and dated in the margin.
Sold - 2016
Pierneef’s graphic work consists mainly of linocuts and a few woodcuts, although he always spoke of ‘woodprints’. In this medium he could express his penchant for decorative, constructed compositions. Practice in graphic methods consolidated his preference for simplification and sureness of line, and many of his oil paintings should be assessed against the background of his graphic work.
Gré van der Waal-Braaksma,Pierneef the artist, PG Nel (ed), JH Pierneef His
Life and his work, Cape Town, 1990, p133
REFERENCE
FEG Nilant, Die Hout- en Linosneë van JH Pierneef, Cape Town, 1974, No.
91, p 126