Happy – Little or A lot

Happy – Little or A lot

 

Medium: Screen Print Paper: Fabriano Image Size: 36cmx29cm Year: 2014 Edition: 24

In the winter of 1944 there was famine in the Netherlands. Brutality of the Nazis increased, they confiscated the Dutch people’s meagre food and fuel supply for themselves. Without warmth or food, people in the Netherlands starved and froze to death in the streets, especially in Arnhem. Suffering from malnutrition, the iconic and lovely Audrey Hepburn developed health problems. She stayed in bed and read to take her mind off the hunger, and she danced ballet for groups of people to collect money for the underground movement. She resorted to digging up and eating tulip bulbs to survive the famine. The impact of these times shaped her life and values.