- Johannes Gabrielse
Johannes Gabrielse a Dutch
artist born inZeeland ,Netherlands in 1881 and who died in a Japanese interment camp inDutch East Indies in 1945.Well known for his
illustrations ofIndonesia for Dutch school books as well as wall prints (School platen) published by the publishers Wolters from Groningen. He also is remembered for his sketches of life in the Japanese camps duringWorld War II . Some of his work is kept at the Dutch museumMuseon inThe Hague .He was however more than just a school illustrator and has produced a number of
paintings in oil. He sketched extensively with his sketches produced in a book form just before the war.Mary Margaret Gabrielse
Born in
Tjimahi , Indonesia in 1923 and in 2008 was still alive. She is the niece of Johannes Gabrielse. She also was an artist and interned in the Japanese camps of WW2. She survived as did a number of her colour illustrations reflecting camp life in the women's camp and now at the museum Museon.Her other work produced after the war is in private hands. She was not prolific due to family responsibilities but with her habit of illustrating her letters to her very large correspondence contacts has ensured that her work is well spread and in many hands.
[http://www.personenencyclopedie.info/G/Ga/GABRIELSE,%20Johan/view Article in Dutch encyclopedia on Johannes Gabrielse ]
[http://www.museon.nl/ Museum with both artists work]
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