Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-Gezicht op het Sarphatipark, 1945

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Gezicht op het Sarphatipark

1945
97,5cm
x 76,5cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

117

Constant lived along Sarphatipark with his partner Matie van Domselaer during the Second World War. The park was then called 'Bollandpark,' as during the German occupation street names and other public places named after Jewish people were renamed. Today it has its original name back.

During the war, artists were required to register with the Reich Chamber of Culture to be allowed to continue their practice. Constant did not register and would therefore hide in the crawl space under their house when danger approached.

English title

Cityscape Sarphatipark, Amsterdam

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '45, bottom right in red (difficult to see)

Provenance

1945 Constant
Collection Jan Rovers, NL
Private collection, NL
Tags
Amsterdam
Cityscape

Frame dimensions

110,5 x 86,5 x 5 cm