Author: Nilant, F.E.G.
Title: Die Hout En Linosnee Van J.H. Pierneef.
Description: A.A. Balkema. Cape Town 1974. Stone buckram boards with Balkema device to front. 197pp illustrated. 285mm x 205mm x 25mm 1.0kg. Bookplate to front pastedown. eps tanned, small splash to top of text-block going over edge of rear board, VG condition in lesser dustwrapper (some insect attrition on lower fold-in edges, worn and chipped along edges and spine ends, but no major loss or tears). Contents clean and unmarked. ISBN: 9780869610619 Afrikaans text. 165 items illustrated and discussed. "Pierneef painted Africa. His landscapes were different from anything seen in paint before. Baines, Oerder and others had painted the same scenes, but Pierneef saw them with new eyes. He created an original style out of this new subject matter" (Dr. Anton Hendriks). Pierneef's original style with simplified shapes and a small range of pale colours is instantly recognisable.

Keywords: art linocuts africa african south southern j.h. pierneef


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