Jan Cremer - zeer grote houtsnede: Landschap - 1999

Artist: Jan Cremer (1940)
Type: Prints post-1900
Technique: Wood/Linocut on Paper
Style: Modern
Subject: Landscape
Year: 1999
Dimensions: 104 cm x 78 cm (unframed)
Signed: Hand signed
Condition:

Woodcut by Jan Cremer. Title: Landscape. Commissioned: With subtitle: for Rina (= Rina Berghuis. She is the partner of the late Piet Clement). She usually received 1 print of all the prints that were created in the printing house on the Prinsengracht. Edition: EAP, IV/IV. Top dimensions: H78 x w104cm. Dimensions: H67 x W96cm. The work is signed at the bottom by the artist. The authenticity of the work offered is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity will be emailed upon request. The work can also be picked up in 's-Gravenzande (near The Hague (Scheveningen), Rotterdam and Delft and 5 minutes from the beach). The collection period, if paid in advance, is very long. In other words, the buyer can pick up the work weeks or even months later and, if possible, combine it with a visit to one of the above-mentioned cities or the beach. The work can also be sent via Postnl. Our shipping days are Tuesday and Thursday. Jan Cremer (Enschede, April 20, 1940) is a Dutch writer and visual artist. Jan Cremer is best known for the novel Ik On November 30, 2000 he was appointed Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. In his book The Huns, Cremer fiercely criticizes the government in London during the occupation in the Second World War, which called for the Railway Strike in 1944. According to him, this strike actually caused the Hunger Winter, because it prevented food from the northern parts of the country (including potatoes from Groningen) from being transported to the major cities in the starving west of the country. Jan Cremer (2017) From June 10 to 27, 2013, Cremer had more than a thousand works of art, photos, letters and other personal documents and objects from his possession auctioned. In 2020 he was awarded the Frans Banninck Cocq Medal. The medal is awarded to Amsterdam residents who have made a special contribution, for example in the cultural field. Deputy Mayor Rutger Groot Wassink called Cremer 'a predecessor and an advocate of the free Amsterdam as we know it today and where everyone is welcome'.