Jos Croin (March 15, 1894 – November 24, 1949) was a Dutch
painter
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.
His work was part of the
painting event in the
art competition at the
1924 Summer Olympics
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.
Croin'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
Rijksmuseum
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in Amsterdam.
References
Further reading
* "Jos Croin, een psychologische critiek", J. Helder, in ''Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift'', 1921, pp. 355–358
* "Jos Croin", J. de Kat, in ''Morks' magazijn'', June 1925, pp. 351–354
* "Bij het werk van Jos Croin" in ''Algemeen geïllustreerd weekblad'', 31 October 1931
* "Jos Croin in de kunstzaal van Hasselt te Rotterdam", Koomen, in ''Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift'', 1932, pp. 149–151
* "Jos Croin bij G.J. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar te 's-Gravenhage", Cornelis Veth, in ''Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten'', 1946, p. 40
* ''Jos Croin'', Cornelis Veth, Het Hollandsche Uitgevershuis, Amsterdam 1947
* "Jos Croin's werk van de laatste jaren bij Huinck en Scherjon", D.V. Nijland, in ''Maandblad voor beeldende kunsten'', 1950, No. 26, pp. 19–20
* ''Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars 1750-1950'', Pieter A. Scheen; Kunsthandel, Pieter A. Scheen N.V., 's-Gravenhage 1969, p. 232
* ''Kleine meesters van het expressionisme'', Jan Dirk van Scheyen, PZC 6 December 2001
1894 births
1949 deaths
20th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
Olympic competitors in art competitions
Painters from Middelburg
20th-century Dutch male artists
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