Indo Profile: “Oom Nico”, Painter Extraordinaire, Beloved Teacher, and Favorite Uncle
By Cindy Rodermond, Winnie Piccolo (nee Gravendaal), Ingrid Gravendaal, Linda Gravendaal, and Peggy Gravendaal Prior to the 1980s, movie posters were a one-off in that they were original, authentic drawings and paintings, even the billboard-sized ones that loomed high above city traffic. In the Netherlands, the artists behind these creations were called bioscoopschilders (cinema painters).…