
Frederik Jan (Frits) van Hall (8 May 1899 (Suikerfabriek Bodja near
Semarang
Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...
) – 18 January 1945 (
Gliwice)) was a Dutch sculptor executed for his role in the
Dutch resistance in 1945.
Frits was born near Semarang in the
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
. His family returned to the Netherlands in 1905. His sister, the dancer
Suzy van Hall
Helena Suzanna van Hall (April 28, 1907 – July 1978) was a Dutch dancer.
She was born in The Hague, the younger sister of sculptor Frits van Hall. In 1932, she married . Van Hall had a dance studio in Paris, performed there and also toured ...
, was born in 1907.
His work includes the
Van Heutsz monument, the Moerdijk monument and the decoration of the
Enschede
Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...
town hall.
Gallery
File:Denhaag kunstwerk ot en sien.jpg, ''Ot en Sien'', Den Haag
File:Moerdijkbrug.jpg, Monument Moerdijkbrug 1978
File:Monument Indië-Nederland Amsterdam.jpg, ''Monument Indië-Nederland'', Amsterdam
File:Bergen op zoom kunstwerk rechtvaardigheid.jpg, ''Rechtvaardigheid'', Bergen op Zoom
File:Denhaag kunstwerk ulricus huber.jpg, ''Ulricus Huber'', Den Haag
File:Van Heutsz Amsterdam.jpg, Unveiling of the Van Heutsz memorial, 1935
References
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1899 births
1945 deaths
Dutch sculptors
Dutch resistance members
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
Executed Dutch people
People from Semarang