Metten Koornstra - Man and woman in front of house

Metten Koornstra Man and woman in front of house Lithograph Dimensions lithograph: 42.5 x 32 cm Frame dimensions: 58 x 48.5 cm Signed Edition: 90 copies This is number 42 1972 Great
Metten Teunis Koornstra (1912 - 1978) was a Dutch graphic artist and painter of tranquil landscapes and figures. He also illustrated books and designed book covers and theatre sets. Koornstra was born into a strict Protestant, Calvinist environment. When his father died in the First World War, he moved with his mother to Haarlem. He spent the rest of his youth there. He experienced the Christian Mulo as a severe trial. It formed his deep-rooted sense of independence and aversion to further education at schools. Instead, he had a wide variety of jobs, including cook, pastry chef, silversmith, salesman and decorator. After many trips through France, where he visited many museums, Koornstra decided to take lessons at the Academy in Rotterdam in the late thirties. There he learned the technique of lithography from Derkzen van Angeren.