Jan Montyn

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Jan Montyn (born Nov 13, 1924, Oudewater) is a Dutch artist, specializing in etching.

Montyn was born in a conservative Calvinistic family. In the Second World War he joined the German navy and fought on the eastern front. He currently lives in Vietnam. His work is displayed in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

[edit] Bibliography

• A Lamb to the Slaughter - An Artist Among the Battlefields, Jan Montyn and Dirk Ayelt Kooiman, Souvenir Press, London, 1984 ISBN 0-285-62621-3