Joost Minnigh - Litho, titel, Villa Borghese - Sold

Joost Minnigh was an artist through and through, but he could just as easily have been a farmer, a beekeeper, a gardener, or, as in this case, a 'birder'. And he pursued all these professions alongside his artistry with great love.
Minnigh was born on May 29, 1942, in Pengalengan (Java) and, as such, was forced to spend his first years in a Japanese internment camp. A story in itself. Shortly after the Second World War, he left for the Netherlands, where he received his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam between 1963 and 1967, supplemented by special lessons in etching from the renowned Bouke IJlstra and the equally well-known Daniel den Dikkenboer in color lithography. Soon thereafter, he participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad.
Roll of Honour
For example, Joost Minnigh exhibited at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Rotterdam Centre for Visual Arts (CBK), the Natural History Museum Rotterdam, and the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
His CV further lists dozens of exhibitions in various types of galleries in the Rotterdam region and throughout the country. His most important international exhibitions have been shown in Slovenia, Poland, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and New Zealand, among others.
On his list of honours, he is further known as the winner of the Purmarijn Printmaking Prize in 1997, a guest lecturer in colour lithography at the Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, and a committee member for the Allianz 2010 Printmaking Prize.
In addition to private collections, his works are held in important corporate collections such as those of Allianz Netherlands, ING and ABN AMRO, P & O Ferries, Koninklijke Volker Stevin, Nedlloyd, SBK (Foundation for Visual Arts), and the Centre for Visual Arts Rotterdam.
His murals commissioned by municipalities and companies can be found throughout the city at various locations in Rotterdam and beyond.