Loet vanderveen biography samples

Loet Vanderveen (1921 - 2015) was born in Rotterdam, Holland. His home was very close to the zoo where during his early years, Loet spent a great deal of his time.

It was during this period in life that he developed his love for animals. At night, listening to the sound of the wild animals in the zoo, he would fantasize about safaris to Africa...fantasies which were eventually realized! Hours before the bombardment of Rotterdam the Dutch army was ordered to destroy all of the dangerous species in the zoo.

The animals were destroyed as well as his home. These events led Loet into a new phase of his life.

He escaped from occupied Holland. Upon his arrival in England he was decorated for valor by Queen Wilhelmia. He served in the R.A.F.

Loet vanderveen biography samples

during the war. During the first eleven years following the war he lived in Zurich, London and New York working as a fashion designer. He was not satisfied with his profession and a meeting with Fong Chow, then curator of the Far Eas