Bevrijding

Bevrijding


Materials: Watercolour pencilcrayon on Artboard
Size: 8" x 10"
Creation Date: October 2020
Disposition: Collection of the Artist
Comments: The year 2020 marked the end of the Second World War. It was also the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands by the Canadian Army.
My father, Arthur William Stewart, CD, took part in the Liberation as a member of the Irish Regiment of Canada. The locations named in the painting were places noted by him in his military memoir "Your Grandfather's War." Here is a link to his page in One Family.
The image of the Canadian soldier giving first aid to a child is based on a photograph by Ken Bell, in the collection of Library and Archives Canada.

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