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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon ELOFF, Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Born: Sculptor Fanie Eloff was the grandson of President Paul Kruger. Jacob PIERNEEF and Gerard MOERDYK were Fanie’s school-fellows at the old Staatsmodelskool in Pretoria. He spent the greater part of his creative life in Paris. He returned to South Africa in 1941 during World War II having decided to become a sculptor after seeing the work of Auguste Rodin. See Wikipedia for more information and photos of his sculptures. Books citing ELOFF Berman, Esmé. 1983. Art and artists of South Africa: An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875. Cape Town : Balkema. pp 157 Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pp 26, 132 Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1971. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 4 Dev-For. Cape Town: Nasou. pp 296 SABC. 1961. Our Art 2. Pretoria: SA Association for the Advancement of Knowledge and Culture / SABC. pp ?