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He did a variety of different paintings that displayed the effect that the abstracted geometric shapes and planes had on the Cubists. In 1920 there was a very important exhibition in Pretoria where Pierneef had more than 300 paintings in numerous mediums.
His extremely unique and individual style will always be state-of-the-art when assessing African landscape paintings.
Materials/Mediums:
Pierneef was taught the graphic mediums like etching and linocuts by an Irish artist named George Smithard. He also inspired Pierneef to create his own South African style of painting.
He did a variety of different paintings that displayed the effect that the abstracted geometric shapes and planes had on the Cubists. In 1920 there was a very important exhibition in Pretoria where Pierneef had more than 300 paintings in numerous mediums.
His extremely unique and individual style will always be state-of-the-art when assessing African landscape paintings.
Materials/Mediums:
Pierneef was taught the graphic mediums like etching and linocuts by an Irish artist named George Smithard. He also inspired Pierneef to create his own South African style of painting.