Ode to Anna CrommelinLoving grandmother
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Dear Omama,
You have not been in my life since 2006, but now that my dear father passed away in April, I have been able to read such beautiful things and history again in the archive that you kept. You have made such beautiful paintings, several of which are at my home. Refined, tasteful. Your paintings may still be hanging in people's homes that I don't know about.
You were always a loving grandmother to me as a child in a fairytale life where I was ALWAYS welcome. Although you have passed away, you are still very much in my life.
I will not forget you!
Love, Sidonie
About
Ode by Sidonie Fabius to Anke Crommelin
She studied at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam and has created beautiful paintings that hang in my home and have been exhibited. She deserves an ode because she took care of her children in difficult times (WW2) and later gave me so much.
This tribute was written during a meeting of the Industrieele Groote Club, where the Amsterdam Museum was the guest speaker in the context of 750 years of Amsterdam.
Anna Crommelin
Anke Crommelin studied at the National Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam under Gerard Westermann (1880-1971).