Evert Musch


Evert Musch was a Dutch painter.

Early life

Musch studied at Academie Minerva in his hometown Groningen, where he studied under :nl:Willem Valk|W. Valk, Kort and C.P. de Wit. From 1947 to 1981, Musch was lecturer at the Academy Minerva, succeeding his former teacher De Wit. He was a teacher of amongst others, Wim Crouwel and.
Musch married in 1943 painter Johanna Jager, whom he had met at Academy Minerva. Musch was a member of the artists movement "De Jongeren" and of the "Drentse Schilders". In 1954 he was co-founder of the "Drents Schilders Genootschap".

Later life

In 1985 he was awarded the :nl:Culturele prijs van Drenthe|Cultural Prize of Drenthe. The Drents Museum in Assen held a retrospective of his work in 1988.

Themes and style

Musch made oil paintings and watercolors and his subjects include landscapes and portraits in naturalistic-impressionistic style. He also worked as a lithographer and illustrator of books, including "Kinderen in verstand en boosheid", by the writer.