Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (31 January 1885 in

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– 17 July 1942 in

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) was one of

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's most popular painters.

Career

Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in the

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, and then pursued

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full-time. He achieved some note when the

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purchased one of his early pictures. He arrived in South Africa in 1921, practicing a sober style within the Dutch tradition, typified there by ''

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with Birds and Hare''. The light and landscape of South Africa soon caused him to abandon his muted palette in favour of more saturated colours. His formulaic approach to painting Cape landscapes with

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farmhouses created such a demand that he abandoned his considered brushwork in favour of a broader

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technique. His

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s sold in the hundreds through his dealer Louis Woolf.

Death

He died on 17 July 1942 from lung cancer.

Personal life

Tinus married Johanna Maria Verhoef in April 1911. They had 3 children Wilhelmina, Petronella and Gabriel de Jongh, who became a landscape artist in South Africa.Tinus De Jongh Art Gallery
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References

sahistory.org.za
*Biography *The Natal Mercury: 6/Apr/1929, P.9. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jongh, Tinus de 1885 births 1942 deaths Dutch painters Dutch male painters Painters from Amsterdam Deaths from lung cancer 20th-century South African painters 20th-century male artists South African male painters Dutch emigrants to South Africa