Jan Altink (; 21 October 1885 – 6 December 1971) was a Dutch

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and cofounder of

De Ploeg De Ploeg (; en, The Plough or ''The Group'') is an artist collective from the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The collective was established in 1918 by a group of young artists. Their goal was to create new opportunities for exhibitions and ...

Life

Jan Altink was born on 21 October 1885 in

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in the

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.Jan Altink

Netherlands Institute for Art History The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

. Retrieved on 26 March 2015. He studied at the Kunstnijverheidsschool (circa 1900) and

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(circa 1911). In 1918, he was a cofounder of the artists' association and movement

. It was named in reference to breaking new ground. Altink's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' go ...

'' (Our Art of Today) at the

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in Amsterdam. Altink died, at the age of 86, in the city of Groningen on 6 December 1971.

Work

Auction house

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described Altink as being "widely regarded as the purest 'Groninger' of all Ploeg artists". After studying paintings alleged to be the work of Altink, Dutch art expert Milko den Leeuw testified in a forgery case that the pictological “handwriting” of some works that had been contributed to him did not match his other paintings, but were a perfect match for those produced by an accused forger, the Dutch painter and art collector Cor van Loenen, under his own name."This Man Could Save You Millions - Or Help Discover Them"
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References

"Jan Altink: Sunflowers: Lot Notes"
(artist description in auction lot) *

Groninger Museum The Groninger Museum () is an art museum in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. The museum exhibits modern and contemporary art of local, national, and international artists. The museum opened in 1874. The current post-modernist building co ...

"De Ploeg"
(history of the movement and Altink's role)

External links

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Jan Altink artworks (paintings, watercolours, drawings), biography, information and signatures
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