Willem Heytman - oil on canvas, flower still life, signed - Sold

Is painting in his blood? Perhaps this can be said of Willem Heytman (born 1950). As a descendant of the "Dutch Frenchman" J.B. During his secondary school years, we see Jongkind (1819-1891) filling the pages of notebooks (between lessons) with drawings and more drawings. After his school years, Heytman soon started experimenting with pastel, watercolor and oil paint and continued to focus mainly on the latter. His first exhibition took place in 1976 in Middelburg in Zeeland, in which province the artist still lives. Apart from the lessons of the Dutch marine painter J.W. Heijting, Heytman is an unstoppable autodidact who continuously innovates and improves style, color and composition, where he does not shy away from the challenge of virtually any subject. He paints summer sea and beach views alternating with city views in a winter atmosphere; one can find a variety of subjects on his canvases. Even the details usually excluded from paintings, such as cars or a tram, Heytman does not shy away from depicting his views on these in oil paint with great dedication. He has been working in this way for over 20 years now. Heytman is certainly a painter who has a renowned place in contemporary Dutch painting.