Bert Menco

Netherlands
Biography:

Bert Menco (1946, Arnhem, The Netherlands) came to the US from The Netherlands and worked for many years as a Research Professor at Northwestern University’s Department of Neurobiology (Evanston, IL). Next to his career in science, he has always been active in the arts, with as common link that the often-tedious discipline needed in research is also being used in his art; obtaining the final image is for him like a research goal. Bert’s works are, among others, included in collections of the Museum Rotterdam (The Read more...Netherlands), China Print Art Museum (Shenzhen, China), the Douro Printmaking Collection (Peso da Régua, Portugal), the Elmhurst Art Museum, and the Illinois State Museum (USA)

Skills: etching aquatint drypoint