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1916, 17 DECEMBER Sophia Maria Westendorp, generally known as Fiep, is born in Zaltbommel. >>>> |
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1921-1932 School years, Zaltbommel > read on |
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1932-1938 Royal College of Arts and Crafts in ’s Hertogenbosch. > read on |
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1937 First illustration commission: the Zaltbommel tourist information guide. > read on |
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1938-1940 Rotterdam Art Academy. > read on |
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1939 Commissioned to do wallpainting The Cormorant Colony for the Town Hall of Lekkerkerk. > read on |
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1940-1943 Fiep lives in the home of Jan Campert and Clara Eggink in The Hague. > read on |
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1943-1945 Evacuated from Zaltbommel to Haaften, then to Opijnen and Tuyl. Forges passports and makes ground plans of the banks of the Waal for the Allied Forces. > read on |
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1945 Moves to Amsterdam for good. > read on |
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1945-1948 Works as an illustrator at Vrij Nederland magazine and the world service of the Dutch broadcaster Radio Nederland. Also illustrates for various publishers such as De Bezige Bij, Jacob van Campen and Uitgeverij Contact. > read on |
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After graduating with flying colours from the Royal College of Arts and Crafts in ’s Hertogenbosch, in 1938 Fiep was admitted to the Art Academy in Rotterdam.
‘I had a broad training, and I have always been glad of that. What I wanted to do most was illustrations, but
a teacher said to me: “If you want to make a certain kind of music, you should practise many kinds of music”. So I studied all drawing and painting techniques.’
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