"Painting By Jan Van Holthe "
Jan Van HOLTHE 1923 / 1996 Composition "the gesture" ink monogrammed and dated 1969 lower left Exhibition label on the back 65 x 50 cm on view Jan Van HOLTHE is a Dutch painter and sculptor who ended his life in Caussade. He had been a cultural attaché at the Dutch embassy and director of the Dutch Institute in Paris. The Hague daily newspaper in 1951 said of his works: "His exuberant colors are reminiscent of Oscar Kokoschka