{{Short description|Dutch painter (1885–1971)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Jan Altink | image = Kunstschilder Jan Altink, 1935.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Jan Altink, 1935 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|10|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Groningen, Netherlands | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|12|06|1885|10|21|df=yes}} | death_place = Groningen, Netherlands | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | education = | alma_mater = Academie Minerva | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = De Ploeg | spouse = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }}
'''Jan Altink''' ({{IPA|nl|jɑn ˈɑltɪŋk}}; 21 October 1885 – 6 December 1971) was a Dutch expressionist painter and cofounder of De Ploeg.
== Life == Jan Altink was born on 21 October 1885 in Groningen in the Netherlands.<ref name="rkd">[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/1393 Jan Altink], Netherlands Institute for Art History. Retrieved on 26 March 2015.</ref>
He studied at the Kunstnijverheidsschool (circa 1900) and Academie Minerva (circa 1911). In 1918, he was a cofounder of the artists' association and movement De Ploeg.<ref name="rkd"/> It was named in reference to breaking new ground.
Altink's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.<ref name="Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch">{{cite web |title=Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0933300087065090752012317007880100303300&relt=3001&limit=no&in= |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) |access-date=26 December 2020}}</ref>
Altink died, at the age of 86, in the city of Groningen on 6 December 1971.<ref name="rkd"/>
== Work == Auction house Christie's described Altink as being "widely regarded as the purest 'Groninger' of all Ploeg artists".
After studying paintings alleged to be the work of Altink, Dutch art expert Milko den Leeuw testified in a forgery case that the pictological “handwriting” of some works that had been contributed to him did not match his other paintings, but were a perfect match for those produced by an accused forger, the Dutch painter and art collector Cor van Loenen, under his own name.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/abigailesman/2012/07/28/this-man-could-save-you-millions-or-even-help-you-find-them/ "This Man Could Save You Millions - Or Help Discover Them"]</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} * Christie's, [http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5143021 "Jan Altink: Sunflowers: Lot Notes"] (artist description in auction lot) * Groninger Museum, [http://www.groningermuseum.nl/index.php?id=1361 "De Ploeg"] (history of the movement and Altink's role)
==External links== * [http://www.galeries.nl/kunstenaar.asp?artistnr=7666 8 in "Jan Altink"] at Galeries.nl * [http://artist.christies.com/Altink-Jan-1885-1971-9562.aspx 10 in "Jan Altink lots"] at Christie's * [http://www.artfact.com/artist/altink-jan-bzal9i57rf 10 in "Jan Altink auctions"] at Artfact.com * [https://www.simonis-buunk.com/artist/jan-altink/artworks/1425/ Jan Altink artworks (paintings, watercolours, drawings), biography, information and signatures] * [https://kunstinhuis.nl/product/jan-altink-portret-professor-engelhardt/ Portret professor Engelhardt] at Kunstinhuis.nl
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