Tag: Rossem
Maarten van Rossem: ‘Sis was a kind of twin sister, I have to get used to the fact that she is no longer there’
It is not yet known what will happen to Here are the Van Rossems. “We have not thought about that yet, that needs time first. What we made last year…
Art historian Mary ‘Sis’ van Rossem passed away
In another series from 2019, called Brothers in Berlin, Mary had to cancel due to health problems. She was unable to participate in the program at the time because of…
Van Rossem Tells: in 1956 Russian aggression also caused a Jaarbeurs full of refugees
“Both refugee groups are actually there for the same reasons,” explains Van Rossem. “The violent repression of the Russians. Now in Ukraine, then in Hungary.” In the latest episode of…
Van Rossem tells about the doctors’ resistance in Kamp Amersfoort
Jan Roorda, a prominent general practitioner from Haarlem, was the founder of Medisch Cerzet. He wrote down his experiences in Kamp Amersfoort. From his diary: “I looked curiously back at…
Van Rossem Talks about the Baarn years of Escher
In the same Baarn Van Rossem meets Mark Veldhijsen, the manager of Escher’s large archive. Veldhijsen: “He was very satisfied in Baarn, especially about where he lived, so close to…
Van Rossem Tells: The last shipyard in the middle of the Netherlands
Sometime in the sixties of the last century, the shipyards and the activity that those yards brought with them disappeared from Vreeswijk and the surrounding area. Residents protested, but it…
Woerden exists 650 years: Van Rossem about the ‘Wonder of Woerden’
Today, exactly 650 years ago, Woerden received city rights. On March 12, 1372 Woerden received these rights from Duke Albrecht of Holland. And the reason they got those rights was…
Van Rossem Tells: Utrecht mainly owed the disaster year 1672 to itself
A water line is a line consisting of a continuous whole of areas to be flooded and fortifications – fortresses, fortresses – on the vulnerable parts in between. We call…
Utrecht panorama in 2022 by Fedor van Rossem
Fedor van Rossem is a draftsman, director, actor animator and musician. As a draftsman he is known, among other things, for works inspired by Utrecht. Stairways to Utrecht, De Metrokaart…