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Johan Limpers (2 August 1915, in Heemstede – 10 June 1944, in Overveen) was a Dutch sculptor. Limpers was a student of Jan Bronner at the Rijksakademie. His work followed the ideas of Jan Bronner and was monumental, for this he won the Dutch equivalent of the Prix de Rome in 1940. During the Second World War he was active in the resistance and took part in setting fire to the Amsterdam registration office in 1943. He was executed by a German firing squad at Overveen Overveen is a village in North Holland in the Netherlands, in the municipality of Bloemendaal. Overveen lies on the eastern fringe of the North Sea dunes. To the east it borders the built-up areas of Haarlem. A few kilometres to the west of the .... After the war he was reburied at the Eerebegraafplaats Bloemendaal. He was married with fellow member of the resistance and sculptor Katinka van Rood. 1915 births 1944 deaths Dutch resistance members Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Prix de Rome ...
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