About Jan van Toorn
Lived 1932 – 2020 (aged 88). Jan van Toorn was a Dutch graphic designer, photographer, typographer, postage stamp designer, poster artist and exhibition designer.
Jan van Toorn (9 May 1932 – 13 November 2020) was a Dutch graphic designer.
Biography Van Toorn began working in a printing house in Amsterdam as a teenager. He also attended evening classes at a graphic school and the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. He became a freelance graphic designer in 1957, making calendars for Mart.Spruijt in Amsterdam and posters and catalogs for the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven.
In the 1980s, van Toorn became active in the field of education, teaching at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. He received the Piet Zwart Prijs in 1985. In February 2008, he sent his collective works to the archives at the University of Amsterdam.
Jan van Toorn died in Amsterdam on 13 November 2020 at the age of 88.
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Who was Jan van Toorn?
Dutch graphic designer (1932-2020)
When was Jan van Toorn born?
Jan van Toorn was born on 9 May 1932 in Tiel.
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Jan van Toorn died on 13 November 2020 in Amsterdam.
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Jan van Toorn was a graphic designer, photographer, typographer, postage stamp designer, poster artist and exhibition designer.
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Jan van Toorn was Dutch.
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