PIERNEEF - A SPACE FOR LANDSCAPE - THE WORK OF JH PIERNEEF FIRST EDITION, EXCELLENT CONDITION

"A SPACE FOR LANDSCAPE - THE WORK OF JH PIERNEEF"  FIRST EDITION, EXCELLENT CONDITION, 159 PAGES, QUARTO SIZE
JH Pierneef is perhaps South Africas most iconic landscape painter. Having developed an unmistakable and economical aesthetic during the first half of the twentieth century, his pictures, whether described as startlingly beautiful, nostalgic, or gently monumental, are familiar to generations of South Africans. Enormously prolific, he was equally comfortable working in oils, gouache, watercolour and casein, while the prints he produced, both linocuts and etchings, remain as influential as they are collectable. Pierneef has attracted attention from eminent art historians and critics; thanks to the emotive charge of his pictures, and the historical context in which they were produced, his career has been widely discussed in socio-political terms too. This book sheds new light on the artists imagination, range and decorative appeal, and sealed his position as one of the country's masters.