Jan Montyn - Beautiful Unica (1/1) relief Etching/aquatint "Prize Animal" made in 1968 - LARGE! - Sold

• For decades Montyn sketches and watercolors all his impressions while traveling and processes them upon returning home in series of etchings that he exhibits with growing success all over the world. He develops a completely unique style and color palette that makes him a beloved and much collected artist to this day.

Montyn's work started out quite figurative, but from the 1960s onwards he increasingly stylised his work into his own more abstract visual language.
Initially he made etchings in black ink, later he used more and more color in his work.
Montyn always etches himself in small editions and alternates between the techniques: dry needle, aquatint and taille douche.
The ochre tones that keep recurring in his work symbolize his connection with the earth.
His work can be seen in major museums such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Museum of Modern Art New York (MoMa). But also in the Bibliotheque National de France in Paris and many other leading museums.
Dirk Ayelt Kooiman wrote a novel based on Montyn's life in 1982, entitled “Montyn”.
His eventful life and oeuvre are the subject of many publications, but also films such as a documentary by Jan Louter from 2004: “Jan Montyn: love me or leave me”.
(source: Apunto)