Jan Montyn - snake fight

Jan Montyn (1924 Oudewater - 2015 Amsterdam)

Lutte des serpents etching 50x60 cm extreme outer edge slightly discolored image etching itself in top condition. was a graphic artist, painter and draftsman of landscapes and non-figurative work. 'The most beautiful flower in the world grows on dirt and manure: the lotus.' As a visual artist, Jan Montyn is known at home and abroad. Thousands of prints have been purchased by private collectors and museums in France, Germany, the United States, Thailand, Japan and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, his work is included in the collections of, among others, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam and the Rijksdienst voor de Beeldende Kunst in The Hague, Paris (Bibliotheque nationale) and New York (Museum of modern art). ). From an artistic point of view, Jan Montyn is self-taught. Montijn is best known as an etcher, in the vein of Anton Heyboer, who gave him his first etching press. But in addition, he has always watercoloured, painted, drawn and wrote poems. biography 03-08-2023 18:34 Jan Montyn https://www.kunstbus.nl/kunst/Jan+Montyn.html 2/8 2023, 'complacency', collage, charcoal and acrylic paint on paper and cardboard, artist: Jacobine Feekes (co-founder art bus) Jan Montyn, (also known as Jan Montyn), was born in Oudewater in 1924 into a strictly Reformed family. His father was a house and decorative painter by trade. Going to church two or three times on Sunday is the rule. At church Father Montyn, who is an elder, regularly preaches from a book of standard sermons. Montyn also has a normal childhood, in which he rebels somewhat against his parents' religious beliefs, but otherwise has no serious conflicts. Jan, as the eldest son, seemed destined to succeed his father in his business. As a boy, Montyn often accompanied his father and learned to prepare pigments for colors from minerals. He developed a preference for the colors umber, ochre, sienna and Prussian blue. When he comes out of school, he joins his father in the business. He suffers from tuberculosis and has to take regular cures. He draws a lot and when it turns out that Montyn possesses drawing talent, a befriended representative in paint materials brings him into contact with the well-known art critic HP Bremmer from The Hague. He is impressed by his work and urges him to work hard and practice a lot. In 1939 he takes an evening course at the drawing school.