Jan Montyn - Ets - 1972

Colorful etching by Jan Montyn from 1972. Title: unknown. Number: 6/10. Tabletop dimensions: H49.5 x W64cm. Dimensions representation: H25.5 x W32cm. The work is signed and dated lower right by the artist. The authenticity of the work offered is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity can be emailed upon request.


When purchasing, the work can be picked up in 's-Gravenzande (near The Hague).
(Scheveningen), Rotterdam and Delft and 5 minutes from the beach). The deadline for it
pick up, with payment in advance, is very generous, in other words, the buyer can work for weeks or even
months later and, if possible, combine it with a visit to one of the
above towns or the beach. We can also ship the work. Our shipping days are Tuesday and Thursday.

Jan Montyn (actually: Montijn) (Oudewater, November 13, 1924 – Amsterdam, August 10, 2015) was a Dutch painter, draftsman, graphic artist and poet. His work can be found in, among others, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Montyn was born in 1924 in a strict Reformed family. His father was a house painter, deacon and voted SGP.
During the Second World War, Montyn became a member of the National Socialist National Youth Storm. With that he went on a training camp in Austria. After this he signed on with the Kriegsmarine, where he experienced a shipwreck that he barely survived. After this disaster he was sent to the Eastern Front to serve in the trench warfare in Courland.
After the Liberation he reported to the Foreign Legion. He was trained as a paratrooper in Algeria to be deployed against Japan. After a short time he decided to escape. Back in the Netherlands he was no longer accepted as a collaborator in his former environment and in 1950 he became a volunteer with a Dutch army group in the Korean War.
Back in the Netherlands, his past in German military service was considered to be compensated, but he nevertheless fell into a psychological crisis. The extensive writing of what he experienced brought him back on his feet. Since then he has been painting and became internationally known. He passed away in the summer of 2015 at the age of 90.