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From Albert Adams to Portia Zvavahera, Strauss & Co maintains a detailed database of every artist sold at auction since 2009. Whether it is painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, ceramics or new media, this searchable database lists by artist every lot offered and provides aggregated data useful to collectors. Famous South African artists like William Kentridge, JH Pierneef, Alexis Preller and Irma Stern are introduced with helpful biographies along with the best contemporary artists.



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Jacob Hendrik Pierneef

South African 1886-1957 


Jacob Hendrik Pierneef, born on the Highveld in 1886, is perhaps South Africa’s 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, willingly experimental, nostalgic, or gently monumental, are familiar to generations of South Africans. Enormously prolific, the artist 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.

It goes without saying that 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. A recent, major retrospective at the Standard Bank Gallery – curated by Strauss & Co’s Wilhelm van Rensburg – has shed a new light on the artist’s imagination, range and decorative appeal, and sealed his position as one of the country’s masters.


1,089 lots offered      87.24% sold      ZAR 443 230 075

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Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Bushveld, Northern Transvaal
Bushveld, Northern Transvaal
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 50 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Landscape with Blooming Acacias
Landscape with Blooming Acacias
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 280 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; A Mountainous Landscape
A Mountainous Landscape
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 200 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Pienaarsrivier (Pienaars River)
Pienaarsrivier (Pienaars River)
16 Sep 2025
Starting at ZAR 400 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Portrait of General de la Rey (Nilant 126)
Portrait of General de la Rey (Nilant 126)
16 Sep 2025
Current bid ZAR 15 000
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Farmhouse with Trees
Farmhouse with Trees
19 Aug 2025
Sold for ZAR 35 175
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Near Golden Gate
Near Golden Gate
19 Aug 2025
Sold for ZAR 82 075
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Kruiskerk Tulbagh (Cruciform Church Gable, Tulbagh) (Nilant 6)
Kruiskerk Tulbagh (Cruciform Church Gable, Tulbagh) (Nilant 6)
28 Jul 2025
Sold for ZAR 87 938
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Gewel, Stellenbosch (Gable, Stellenbosch) (Nilant 17)
Gewel, Stellenbosch (Gable, Stellenbosch) (Nilant 17)
28 Jul 2025
Sold for ZAR 56 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Meerlust Wynkelders (Meerlust Wine Cellars) (Nilant 2)
Meerlust Wynkelders (Meerlust Wine Cellars) (Nilant 2)
28 Jul 2025
Sold for ZAR 70 350
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Huis in Aand (Evening Transvaal Homestead) (Nilant 54)
Huis in Aand (Evening Transvaal Homestead) (Nilant 54)
28 Jul 2025
Sold for ZAR 56 280
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef; Straat in Tulbagh (Street in Tulbagh) (Nilant 9)
Straat in Tulbagh (Street in Tulbagh) (Nilant 9)
28 Jul 2025
Sold for ZAR 70 350
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT