'Landscape, Flowers and Mountains' by Jacob Hendrik Pierneef

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Object Auto ID

58946

Alternate Codes

objectautoid_sahrisv1_14602

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Common Name

'Landscape, Flowers and Mountains' by Jacob Hendrik Pierneef

Classified Name

Oil painting on board

Quantity

1.00

Object Description

'Landscape, Namib Desert' is a oil on board painting by the artist Jacob Henrik Pierneef. The painting is signed 'JH Pierneef' to the lower right of the boards and inscribed 'TER HERINNERING AAN OOM KLAAS / VAN PIERNEEF FEB 6 1932' on the reverse. The painting dimensions are 53.5 x 64cm (21 1/16 x 25 3/16in).

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Nicholaas Marais ('Klaas') Hoogenhout Thence by direct descent to the present owner N M Hoogenhout or "Klaas" as he was known was a good friend and colleague of the artist and was founder of the Afrikaanse Taalgenootskap", the Afrikaans Language Society. He was also principal of Pretoria Normaalkollege, and rector of the University of Pretoria from 1925-27.

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The painting depicts the mountains and surrounding countryside of the Namib Desert.

Inscriptions

signed 'JH Pierneef' (lower right); inscribed 'TER HERINNERING AAN OOM KLAAS / VAN PIERNEEF FEB 6 1932' (verso)

Measurement Type	Unit	Value
Width	cm	64.00	View
Height	cm	53.50	View

History

Object Age

1932

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