Hendrik Pierneef - Die Man en sy Werk - 'n Waardering deur J.W.F. Grosskopf
Hendrik Pierneef - Die Man en sy Werk - 'n Waardering deur J.W.F. Grosskopf
Die Man en sy Werk - J.F.W. Grosskopf.
Uitgegee deur J.L. van Schaik, Bpk, Pretoria, 1945. Hierbinne is 74 afbeeldings van sy werke.
Large original hardcover in green cloth. Other marks to the outer boards as well, but the content in very good condition. 2 ex-library stickers on first page - neatly pasted.- Green linen boards with striking gilt image and lettering to the panel and gilt lettering to the spine. Despite some corner and spine bumping, the cover is crisp and attractive. The book itself - frontispiece + 24 pp + reproductions of 74 oils, watercolours, etchings, woodcuts and drawings dating from 1915 to 1944 - is clean and in better than very good condition.
- Pierneef was born in Pretoria and lived there for the greater part of his life. In 1957 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria and it is fitting that the initiative and support for this work came from the vice-chancellor and rector, Prof. D. M. Joubert, who is himself a great admirer of Pierneef.
- The book contains the true life story of one of South Africa's greatest artists. His love of nature is represented in an unique and original way through his work. He painted nature in the way he, as both a person and an artist, experienced it.
