Jan Mankes

Jan Mankes (15 August 1889, Meppel - 23 April 1920, Eerbeek) was a Dutch painter. He produced around 200 paintings, 100 drawings and 50 prints before dying of TB at the age of 30. [ [http://www.kunstboeken.nl/books.asp?boek=1555&rubriek=&herkomst=zoekveld%3Dinstelling%26zoekterm%3DDrents%2BMuseum%26rubriek%3D Waanders Publishers ] at www.kunstboeken.nl] His restrained, detailed work ranged from self portraits to landscapes and studies of birds and animals. His work is now exhibited in his native Netherlands in the Scheringa Museum of Realism, the Museum of Modern Art and Museum Arnhem Belvédère.

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* [http://www.janmankes.eu JanMankes.eu]
* [http://www.rkd.nl/rkddb/dispatcher.aspx?action=search&database=ChoiceArtists&search=priref=52330 Jan Mankes at the Netherlands Institute for Art History]