About Jan Altink
Lived 1885 – 1971 (aged 86). Jan Altink was a Dutch painter, exlibrist, pastellist, graphic artist, pen drawer and lithographer.
Jan Altink (; 21 October 1885 – 6 December 1971) was a Dutch expressionist painter and cofounder of De Ploeg.
Life Jan Altink was born on 21 October 1885 in Groningen in the Netherlands.
He studied at the Kunstnijverheidsschool (circa 1900) and Academie Minerva (circa 1911). In 1918, he was a cofounder of the artists' association and movement De Ploeg.
Altink died, at the age of 86, in the city of Groningen on 6 December 1971.
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Who was Jan Altink?
Dutch painter (1885-1971)
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Jan Altink was born on 21 October 1885 in Groningen.
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Jan Altink died on 6 December 1971 in Groningen.
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Jan Altink was a painter, exlibrist, pastellist, graphic artist, pen drawer and lithographer.
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Jan Altink was Dutch.
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