Phiny Dick

Afine Kornélie Dik, better known as Phiny Dick (14 September 1912 – 7 August 1990) was a Dutch illustrator and writer of children's books and comics.

[1] To provide an additional income for the family (in 1936 their first child, Eiso, was born), Dik produced her own illustrations and paintings.

In 1939, she published Miezelientje en Prinses Roozemarijn, a children's book about a white anthropomorfous cat she wrote and illustrated completely.

[1] It was published in English in 1941 as Meowina and Princess Rose-Marie After the outbreak of World War II, Dick and Toonder started working for De Telegraaf and moved to Amsterdam.

[2] She also provided illustrations for "De dag na Bethlehem" by her brother-in-law Jan Gerhard Toonder, and started painting portraits and making tapestries.

Exhibition room in the basement of Museum Meermanno (Special exhibition May to September 2012)