Lot 1509

Johan Dijkstra (1896-1978), 'Kerk te Fransum', oil on canvas, signed, ca. 1932-1936 Acquired by Diacones Hendrina Geertruida Tavenier (1888-1984), thence by descent. During World War I Geertruida Tavenier worked as a nurse at the Polish front, for which she received the Iron Cross of Merit. During the World War II, Tavenier joined the Dutch resistance, hiding important equipment such as radios in the basement of the maternity hospital where she worked, employing a Jewish girl after bleaching her hair and providing food for people in hiding. -50 x 80 cm, small section of paint loss to the lower right side-