Justine Louise Hartman: 1905-1970 "Juus" Hartman is a Dutch painter born in Semarang / Java and lived and worked in Semarang, The Hague, Amsterdam and for some time in Italy. She studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague and received lessons from Tjieke Roelofs-Bleckmann and Henk Meijer. Worked as a painter, draftsman and watercolourist, mainly of landscapes and cityscapes, and made illustrations for books including for W.F.Hermans with whom she was friends. She is the sister of painter Wibbo Hartman and the mother of the ballet choreographer Toer van Schayk. She was a member of the “Onafhankelijken” in Amsterdam and the “Pulchri Studio” in the Hague. Is mentioned in Rkd, Scheen-lexicon and Jacobs. This is an image of an old woman in an old district. Technique: oil on canvas. 20th century. Signed at the bottom right. The dimensions of the canvas are: 40 cm x 50 cm. With the beautiful frame, the dimensions are: 55 cm x 65 cm. The whole is in a very nice condition.