Johannes Gabrielse

Who was Johannes Gabrielse?

Johannes Gabrielse was a Dutch artist born in Zeeland, who died in a Japanese interment camp in the Dutch East Indies.

Well known for his illustrations of Indonesia for Dutch school books as well as wall prints published by the publishers Wolters from Groningen. He also is remembered for his sketches of life in the Japanese camps during World War II. Some of his work is kept at the Dutch museum Museon in The Hague.

He was however more than just a school illustrator and has produced a number of paintings in oil. He sketched extensively with his sketches produced in a book form just before the war.