Jan van Tongeren

Stilleven met potten op houten tafel

Material world

In this painting a lot of different materials are represented. Almost as if the painter wanted to practice his painting techniques in making materials look as real as he possibly could. What materials can you discover?

The artist

Originally Jan was a Dutch clog maker, he taught himself to paint and kept painting until he died at the age of 94.

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