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1885 Amsterdam, Netherlands - 1942. Known for: Landscape, street scene, still life painting, sculpture.
Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (1885 -1942) . Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in Holland, and then pursued painting full-time. He achieved some note when the Stedelijk Museum in... Read full biography
Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (1885 -1942) . Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in Holland, and then pursued painting full-time. He achieved some note when the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam purchased one of his early pictures. Forbidden to study art, he took a post with a firm of... Read full biography
Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (1885 -1942) . Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in Holland, and then pursued painting full-time. He achieved some note when the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam purchased one of his early pictures. Forbidden to study art, he took a post with a firm of decorators in Amsterdam, but left after two years to concentrate on painting - focusing on painting street scenes, interiors and landscapes in Amsterdam. He then moved to South Africa and began... Read full biography
Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (1885 -1942) . Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in Holland, and then pursued painting full-time. He achieved some note when the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam purchased one of his early pictures. Forbidden to study art, he took a post with a firm of decorators in Amsterdam, but left after two years to concentrate on painting - focusing on painting street scenes, interiors and landscapes in Amsterdam. He then moved to South Africa and began painting views of Cape Town. His father was the rector of a gymnasium and on completion of his schooling in 1900, his desire for an artistic career met with considerable parental opposition. He was however enrolled at the Ambachtsscolen in Amsterdam to... Read full biography
Martinus Johannes "Tinus" de Jongh (1885 -1942) . Self-taught, he began his career as a decorator in Holland, and then pursued painting full-time. He achieved some note when the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam purchased one of his early pictures. Forbidden to study art, he took a post with a firm of decorators in Amsterdam, but left after two years to concentrate on painting - focusing on painting street scenes, interiors and landscapes in Amsterdam. He then moved to South Africa and began painting views of Cape Town. His father was the rector of a gymnasium and on completion of his schooling in 1900, his desire for an artistic career met with considerable parental opposition. He was however enrolled at the Ambachtsscolen in Amsterdam to serve an apprenticeship as a "decourateur". Here he received a basic grounding in painting techniques and the p... Read full biography