This painting shows the Dome Prison in Haarlem. Bert himself visited this place years ago with students from Nijmegen when the dome prison was still in use. As a assistant professor in the field of penitentiary law, among others, he was able to visit almost all prisons in the Netherlands in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He also organized internships for students. These students often asked whether, and if so how, prisoners managed to escape. You can see that happening here in the painting.
Bert Hermans was born in 1947 in The Netherlands. His work consists mainly of oil paintings, with his major theme being industrial and cultural heritage. Hermans has followed several courses in acrylic, water media and oil painting, starting in 1985 at the Dutch Art School SKVR in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The last decade his work mainly is concentrated on oil paintings.
Hermans has had exhibitions in eight countries in Europe, in the USA, China and Japan. He won several art prices. His works have been published in many art books and his artwork has been published and sold worldwide.
