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{{Short description|Dutch author, photographer and painter (1940–2024)}}
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'''Johan Cremer''' ({{IPA|nl|jɑŋ ˈkreːmər}}; 20 April 1940 – 19 June 2024) was a Dutch author, photographer and painter. His best known work is the novel ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Ik, Jan Cremer|nl}}'' ("I, Jan Cremer"; 1964) and the sequel ''Ik, Jan Cremer, tweede boek'' ("I, Jan Cremer, second book"; 1966). The publication of this book created scandal in the Netherlands because of its explicit sexual contents.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wielaert |first1=Jeroen |title=Jan Cremer: ik ben vrij fantasieloos |date=7 March 2014 |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/620234-jan-cremer-ik-ben-vrij-fantasieloos.html |publisher=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |accessdate=7 September 2014}}</ref> He was also active as photographer and painter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Cremer |url=http://www.suite59.nl/artists/JanCremer.html |publisher=Suite59 Gallery |accessdate=7 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223174050/http://suite59.nl/artists/JanCremer.html |archive-date=23 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Cremer Veiling |url=http://jancremerveiling.nl/ |publisher=Adams Amsterdam Auctions |accessdate=7 September 2014}}</ref>

In 1963 Cremer and painter Rik van Bentum made an obscure comic strip together about the [[Profumo scandal]], which appeared in print two years later.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cremer_jan.htm|title=Jan Cremer|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>

Cremer died on 19 June 2024, at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2024 |title=Schrijver en schilder Jan Cremer (84) overleden |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/entertainment/1563159477/schrijver-en-schilder-jan-cremer-84-overleden |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=De Telegraaf |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

== Public collections ==
Among the public collections holding works by Jan Cremer are:
* [[Museum de Fundatie]], [[Zwolle]], The Netherlands
* [[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen|Boijmans van Beuningen]], [[Rotterdam]], The Netherlands

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite news|last1=Donner|first1=Wolf|title=Ein Kraftprotz in New York. Jan Cremer, der geschäftstüchtige Ex-Provo|url=http://www.zeit.de/1969/48/ein-kraftprotz-in-new-york/komplettansicht|accessdate=10 September 2014|work=Die Zeit|issue=48|date=28 November 1969|language=German}}
* {{cite news|last1=Schutte|first1=Xandra|title=Beroep: Jan Cremer|url=http://www.groene.nl/artikel/beroep-jan-cremer|accessdate=10 September 2014|work=De Groene Amsterdammer|issue=35|date=26 August 1998|language=Dutch}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|www.jancremer.com}}
* [http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=crem002 Profile] at [[Digital Library for Dutch Literature]]
* [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cremer_jan.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia article about his life and career.]
* [http://www.levenlang.nl/jan%20cremer/ Audio- and video fragments]
* {{discogs artist|Jan Cremer}}
* {{imdb name|1154948}}

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[[Category:Dutch male painters]]
[[Category:Dutch contemporary artists]]
[[Category:Dutch erotica writers]]
[[Category:Dutch photographers]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch novelists]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch painters]]
[[Category:21st-century Dutch painters]]
[[Category:People from Enschede]]
[[Category:Obscenity controversies in literature]]
[[Category:Dutch male novelists]]
[[Category:Dutch comics artists]]
[[Category:Controversies in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Scandals in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch male artists]]
[[Category:Counterculture of the 1960s]]


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