Frits van Hall

{{Short description|Dutch painter and sculptor}}

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Frederik Jan (Frits) van Hall (8 May 1899 (Suikerfabriek Bodja near Semarang) – 18 January 1945 (Gliwice) was a Dutch sculptor executed for his role in the Dutch resistance in 1945.{{cite web|title=Frits van Hall Gereserveerde gratie|url=http://www.beeldenaanzee.nl/en/frits-van-hall|website=www.beeldenaanzee.nl/|publisher=Museum Beelden aan Zee|accessdate=6 April 2018}}

Frits was born near Semarang in the Dutch East Indies. His family returned to the Netherlands in 1905. His sister, the dancer Suzy van Hall, was born in 1907.

His work includes the Van Heutsz monument, the Moerdijk monument and the decoration of the Enschede town hall.{{cite web|title=Frits van Hall (1899–1945) – beeldhouwer van de gereserveerde gratie|url=http://www.waandersdekunst.nl/frits-van-hall-1899-1945.html|website=Uitgeverij Waanders & de Kunst|publisher=Publisher Waanders & de Kunst|accessdate=6 April 2018|language=nl}}

Gallery

File:Denhaag kunstwerk ot en sien.jpg|Ot en Sien, Den Haag

File:Moerdijkbrug.jpg|Monument Moerdijkbrug 1978

File:Monument Indië-Nederland Amsterdam.jpg|Monument Indië-Nederland, Amsterdam

File:Bergen op zoom kunstwerk rechtvaardigheid.jpg|Rechtvaardigheid, Bergen op Zoom

File:Denhaag kunstwerk ulricus huber.jpg|Ulricus Huber, Den Haag

File:Van Heutsz Amsterdam.jpg|Unveiling of the Van Heutsz memorial, 1935

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