Jan Montyn - No title - Sold

Work is in the colors blue, taupe, aqua and black Abstract representation, in the typical colors of Jan Montyn. Certificate of authenticity is attached to the frame.
Jan Montyn (Oudewater, 1924 - 2015)
Stylistically, Montyn's work cannot be classified into a specific direction or movement in the visual arts. Initially he worked very traditionally and figuratively, but at the beginning of the sixties he opted for a stylized, often abstract visual language full of personal signs and symbols. He does not use graphics exclusively as a multiplication technique, but as a medium to arrive at his own style with his own idiom. The first experiments with the etching technique were carried out without color, but color gradually became an essential part of his work. Colour, shape, line and content are monumentally combined into an abstracted visual language. Montyn works on zinc plates with mixed etching techniques such as drypoint, aquatint and waist shower. Self-invented is the method of printing multiple etching plates on a large plate. Montyn always prints his prints himself in small editions. The most important theme in his work is the landscape, as the projection of human emotion. Montyn meditates, as it were, on the landscape. His connection with the landscape and the earth is evident from his preference for the color umber, which for him symbolizes the earth and everything related to it. Long-distance travels, in particular to Southeast Asia, are an important source of inspiration in his work. He has more or less permanent residences in the south of France, Thailand and the Netherlands.