Henk Helmantel (1945) is a Dutch painter. He is considered one of the northern realists and the independent realists. Christianity is central to his daily life and work.
In the period after 2009, Helmantel came under much criticism following a broadcast of a television programme Met niets begonnen (“Started with Nothing”), in which he spoke about his financial success. Especially in the north of the Netherlands, where the financial crisis was clearly noticeable, the fact that the artist spoke extensively about his financial assets in combination with his religious beliefs led to considerable criticism. This was reinforced by his subsequent statements about the death penalty and his criticism of other religions.
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