In the winter of 1933, German-born, Swiss-raised, plein-air painter and pacifist Erwin Bowien (1899-1972), horrified by the Nazis‘ rise to power, decided to leave Germany. He went to the Netherlands and in 1934 settled in the small town of Egmond aan den Hoef near Alkmaar, a historic artists‘ colony. During this time he perfected his […]
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