were also put down into words in a vast written corpus. Lennarts wrote poems, theatre plays and novels being prized by the city of Eindhoven incentive contest for his texts in Raam (1967) and by the same city for his novel Koekoeksklok in Utopia (A Cuckoo Clock in Utopia, 1985). His work has been on display in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Surinam and several art works belong to the contemporary art collections of both the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. The artist belonged to the association BBK Amsterdam (1969–1981) and Arti et Amicitiae (1981–1991). Lennarts lived in Eindhoven until 1969, then in Griendtsveen (1976–1983), Amsterdam (1983–1987), and finally in France where he died in 1991. “I believe that Lennarts depicted the human condition in the form of ‘fleeting moments’ (…) Lennart’s ‘snapshots’ of the human condition constitute a special representation of one of the great themes of mankind.” See also History of painting Western painting References External links Johan Lennarts at Play BKR Eindhoven Lennarts Stichting 1932 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Scenic designers People from Eindhoven 20th-century Dutch male artists