William Heytman

Born 1950, William Heytman is a descendant of the “Dutch Frenchman” J.B. Jongkind (1819 – 1891). Heytman showed talent at a very early age filling the pages of his exercise books with drawing after drawing, between the lessons.

After leaving school, Heytman started experimenting with pastels, watercolours and oils choosing to concentrate on the last medium in particular. He had his first exhibition in 1976 in Middelburg, Zeeland, the Dutch province that has remained his home.

Apart from the lessons he took from the Dutch painter J.W. Heijting, Heytman is very much a self-taught artist, innovating and improving continuously on style, use of colour and composition, boldly tackling and subject matter.

Having painted for over 20 years, he has irrefutably carved a niche for himself in the world of contemporary Dutch painting.