Post by constance willems

Breien, Arnout van Gilst, 1898-1982. In 1948 Anton Heyboer, a Dutch artist, returned from Drenthe, he was expelled from his village. Back in Haarlem, he met Arnout van Gilst (1898-1982), an artist in the style of the Hague School, who earned his living as a kitsch artist. For Anton Heyboer it was very difficult to earn a living. he had no shelter and no fame at all. For Anton Heyboer, Arnout (Nol) van Gilst was valuable. Nol let him live in his studio, a derelict building in the Zonnesteeg. There was no longer a ceiling on the upper floor, but a door on the exposed beams formed a place for Anton, where he could live. Every afternoon Nol bought a croquette for Anton at Vroom en Dreesman, and he advised him to make etchings, which Nol could multiply and sell through the kitsch art business. Nol added a "finishing touch" to some of his etchings, but he also had Anton imitate entire etchings, such as the shellfish fisherman.