
Coert Steynberg
1905
—
1982
South African sculptor (1905–1982)
Coert Steynberg was a South African sculptor and medallist who worked in stone, marble, bronze, copper and wood. His work is represented nationwide and internationally, including a statue of Bartholomew Dias in South Africa House in London, a monument to Andries Pretorius in Graaff-Reinet, and the Peace of Vereeniging monument in Vereeniging. He was the son of Johannes Lodewikus and Magdalena Susanna. He married Elizabeth Johanna Maria Bosman.