Ship at the Dock at Voorbrug

An etching titled, Ship at the Dock at Voorbrug by the Dutch-Canadian artist Anthonius Philippus (Antoon) Derkzen van Angeren (1879-1961). The ship that is docked is called Tjalk, which is a Dutch sailing barge with a round bow. The dock featured in this work is at Voorbrug in Delft, The Netherlands. Short Biography: Antoon Derkzen van Angeren was born in Delft in the Netherlands in 1878. He first worked at the Porceleyne Fles ceramic factory as an artist after which he moved to Rotterdam in 1911 and became a lecturer at the Academy for Fine Arts where he worked until 1943. In 1952, he immigrated to Canada where he passed away in 1961. Derkzen van Angeren is seen as the founder of graphic art in Rotterdam.