a commission in 1929 to paint 32 panels for the interior of the then-new Johannesburg Railway Station, a task he completed by 1932. Since 2002 the complete set of thirty two panels, twenty eight landscape and four tree scenes, is on long term loan from the Transnet Foundation to the Rupert Art Foundation and have also been exhibited in the Jan Rupert Centre in Graaff-Reinet. The panels are considered to be some of his best work. In 1933, he was commissioned to do seven murals for South Africa House, the South African embassy on Trafalgar Square, London. Pierneef completed this work in 1934. Gallery Awards Pierneef received numerous honours and awards during his lifetime, including: 1935 – The Medal for Visual Arts for his Johannesburg Station Panels as well as for his panels in South Africa House in London. 1951 – Honorary Doctorate, University of Natal. 1957 – Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Pretoria. 1957 – Honorary Membership of the South African Academy for Science and Art ('’Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns'’). References External links Jacob Hendrik Pierneef Art, absolutart.co.za Jacob Hendrik Pierneef – South African Artist, arcyart.com J.H. Pierneef (1886–1957) , vgallery.co.za Jacob Hendrik Pierneef 1886 – 1957, sahistory.org.za Pierneef Works, images.google.com Pierneef gallery Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent 1886 births 1957 deaths 20th-century South African painters 20th-century male artists South African male painters