Jan Cremer

{{Short description|Dutch author, photographer and painter (1940–2024)}}

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| birth_place = Enschede, Netherlands

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| occupation = Author, artist

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| education = Academie voor beeldende kunsten Arnhem, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

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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.{{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}} He was also active as photographer and painter.{{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 }}{{cite web |title=Jan Cremer Veiling |url=http://jancremerveiling.nl/ |publisher=Adams Amsterdam Auctions |accessdate=7 September 2014}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cremer_jan.htm|title=Jan Cremer|website=lambiek.net}}

Cremer died on 19 June 2024, at the age of 84.{{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}}