Image
Photographer
Tom Haartsen
Circa 1944.
Work
Interieur van de Willibrorduskerk (tijdens de hoogmis)
1944
150.0cm x 100.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID: 2911
ZT/Portret van Matie breiend
1944
39.8cm x 32.0cm
linen, oil paint
Private collection, NL
CID: 2791
Constant and his partner Matie Domselaer, who would become his wife in 1942, lived along Sarphatipark in Amsterdam during the Second World War. 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 the house when danger approached. Matie would sit on the hatch to the crawl space and knit away as if nothing was out of the ordinary.
Zelfportret-verso | Not in Archive
1941
40.5cm x 31.0cm
paper, pencil
Private collection, NL
CID: 1112
On the back of the Self Portrait recto is another Self Portrait.
