Jan van den Hurk - Small harbor of Ameland

Jan van den Hurk (1917-2002). Small Harbour on Ameland. Oil on canvas. Signed and with a handwritten title on the reverse. The painting and the frame are in excellent condition.
In 1956 and 1957, Jan van den Hurk, from Brabant, took lessons in free painting at the Tilburg Academy of Fine Arts under Nico Molenkamp. Subsequently, he worked with Molenkamp in his studio on Sunday mornings for about four years. His work from these years is clearly influenced by Molenkamp in terms of theme and painting style. He enjoyed traveling through the Belgian Kempen region to find inspiration. He also brought back sketches and studies from his travels to Canada, which he further developed in oil paint in his studio. For the last ten years, he has primarily painted watercolors and drawn with pastel crayons, depicting floral still lifes in brighter colors. Literature: Publication 'Met schilderstalent Jan van den Hurk 1917-2000', published by Museum Kempenland Eindhoven.