Jan Altink artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Landscape with haystacks
Jan Altink
Groningen 1885-1971
1885-1971
Landscape with haystacks
chalk on paper 10.5 x 16.5 cm, signed l.r. with initials and verkocht
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Jan Altink was a member of the Groningen painters’ circle De Ploeg. However, he distinguished himself from fellow members by much preferring to work outdoors. He is best known for his landscapes and local village scenes, along with city views and the occasional portrait and still life. At first his palette was limited to mainly grey and green tones, but after 1924 came his Expressionist period when he recorded reality in strong, vivid colours and simplified forms in wax paint.