Image

Constant Nieuwenhuys-ZT/Portret van Matie breiend, 1944

Photographer

Tom Haartsen

Portret van Matie breiend

1944
39,8cm
x 32,0cm
linen
oil paint
Private collection, NL

CID

2791

Constant and his partner Matie van Domselaer, who would become his wife in 1942, lived at Sarphatipark 42 II (Bollandpark for the Germans),  in Amsterdam during the Second World War: from 1943 until 1945. 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 between his floor and the floor below him, during raids (razzia's). Matie sat on a chair, placed on the crawl space hatch covered by a rug, and knitted as if nothing was out of the ordinary. 

English title

No Title/Portrait of Matie Knitting

Alternate titles

Matie breiend
1944

Signed/dated

Signed and dated Constant '44, bottom left in blackpaint

Provenance

1944 Constant
Private collection, NL
Tags
Family
Love
People
Portrait
Woman

Frame dimensions

53,2 x 46,2 x 4,2 cm