Armando (artist)

Armando[1] (18 September 1929 – 1 July 2018), born Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd, was a Dutch painter, sculptor and writer.

The suffering of the victims and the cruelty of the Nazi camp guards, so near his home, influenced him for the rest of his life.

With Anton Alberts, Constant and Har Oudejans he wrote First proclamation of the Dutch Section of the SI.

At the time of the fire there was also an exhibition with works of painters like Ruisdael, Dürer, Seghers and Kiefer, which were all lost, with damages estimated at about three million euros (US$4,000,000).

(Source: Dutch TV News NOS, 24 October 2007) A final balance of the damage by the fire was made on Tuesday 20 November 2007.