Jan Miechels - Landscape - Sold

A characteristic work by the artist Jan Miechels.

Jan Miechels was born in 1916 in Arnhem. He has tested his talents for more than 60 years. For the first 10 years, his efforts remained hidden from the outside world. Michels developed as an autodidact.

In 1949, Jan Miechels became involved in the first Open Air Exhibition in Sonsbeek Park, where he provided educational guidance and guided tours. From that moment on, the flow of requests to give lectures on art for folk colleges, universities and associations has continued. He hardly got around to painting.
In 1966 he became a full-time consultant for the visual arts and organizer of traveling exhibitions at the Cultural Council for Gelderland. In 1981, after reaching retirement age, a museum offered him an exhibition for the first time. After the Nijmegen Museum presentation, many other exhibitions followed.
His oeuvre consists mainly of still lifes and landscapes in sober color palettes, regularly stripped of detail, making them look like abstract paintings. They are balanced studies into structure and composition. Oil paint, acrylics, tempera and pencil lead are the main means of expression.

In 1991 Miechels received a retrospective exhibition in the Singer Museum in Laren. His work is in the collection of Museum Arnhem, Museum Henriette Polak and the Province of Gelderland.

Literature: Jan Miechels The different view of Koos Tuitjer.

When purchased, the work can be picked up in Stavoren (Friesland) or Amsterdam (Oostelijk Havengebied). Parking no problem. The collection period is long after payment.