RIK VAN BENTUM (1936 - 1994) Abstract composition

signed and dated ‘VAN BENTUM 65’ (lower left) oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm painted in 1965 Rik van Bentum was a Dutch sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator and painter. In 1963, he collaborated with cult novelist Jan Cremer on the comic strip 'New Comic Strip Scandal 2000' (1963), based on a sex scandal involving a minister.