Jan Montyn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jan Montyn

Dutch artist

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1924

Place of Birth: Oudewater, Netherlands

Date of Death: 13-Aug-2015

Profession: writer, poet, painter, etcher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jan Montyn

  • Jan Montyn (13 November 1924 – 10 August 2015) was a Dutch artist, specialized in etching.
  • He was best known for his paintings of wars to which he had been an eyewitness.Montyn was born in a conservative Calvinistic family and was raised in Oudewater.
  • In the Second World War he joined the German navy and fought on the eastern front.
  • After the war he lived in France and in the Netherlands.
  • His work is displayed in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Montyn died on 10 August 2015 in Amsterdam, aged 90.

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