Jan Altink Boterdiep near the Noorderhoogebrug in Groningen

A Pioneer of the Groninger Ploeg

Jan Altink is considered one of the most important painters of the Groninger Ploeg. He was a co-founder and the namesake of this expressionist movement, founded in 1918. Jan Altink began his art education at the prestigious Academie Minerva in Groningen. There he obtained his teaching certificate in drawing and started his career in 1912 as a teacher at the Evening Vocational Drawing School in Middelstu ...