Jan Sierhuis : met verf is het altijd vechten : werken van 1989 tot 1998 = Jan Sierhuis : with paint, it's always a struggle : works from 1989 till 1998

The Amsterdam expressionist Jan Sierhuis, now 69 years old, continues to paint tirelessly. Through painting and graphics, With Paint, It's Always a Struggle lays out before us the development that Sierhuis has undergone over the past decade. These were years of harvest, because Sierhuis's work has sold exceptionally well and moreover has entered the collections of many museums outside.The Netherlands.The painter here tells Bernhard Sandee, his former publisher, what has motivated and inspired him over the past years. Jurrie, Poot, Chief Curator at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, provides another important contribution to the book. Jan Sierhuis is the source of his inspiration for a reflection on the phenomenon of the "aging artist."