3rd Nov, 2019 10:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
55
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (South Africa 1886-1957)
Meintjeskop and the Union Buildings
ink and oil on canvas laid down on board
Artwork date: 1919
Signature details: signed and dated bottom right
Sold for R170,700
Estimated at R150,000 - R200,000
ink and oil on canvas laid down on board
Artwork date: 1919
Signature details: signed and dated bottom right
(1)
14 x 24.5 cm
Notes:
The imposing Union Buildings in Pretoria were designed by Sir Herbert Baker for the Union Government of South Africa and were completed in 1913. In the same year Pierneef presented his first solo exhibition in October in the capital city. This exhibition was a major success confirming the artist’s growing importance and popularity as an artist.During the building operations at Meintjeskop the artist was a regular visitor to the site where he spent much time meticulously documenting the excavations and construction of this impressive sandstone structure and it is very likely that a selection of these drawings and watercolours might have featured at his first exhibition. For the inhabitants of this rapidly expanding town the Union Buildings must have been an all-encompassing feature against the now well-known koppie.It is well-known that Pierneef regularly set up his easel and art materials along the by-ways in and around the capital city capturing the scenery or distant views as can be seen in this little gem of a painting. Here the Union Buildings are seen from the Prinshof area of the town with the artist looking in an easterly direction across the scrub and undergrowth in the foreground. At this stage of his career Pierneef was exploring different stylistic techniques as can be seen in these vigorous impasto layers of paint where short brush strokes create texture and a sense of urgency to capture the fleeting moment.
Eunice Basson
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 3rd Nov, 2019
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