The auction
This auction is for one of the original paintings that artist Albert Ziëck has created as part of the ‘Airborne Collection’. A limited edition canvas of this painting can be bought here.
All proceeds from this auction will go to the ‘Polentocht Driel’.
About the painting
This canvas depicts the Polish paratroopers that landed in drop zone K, near Driel, on the 21st of September 1944. There they were ambushed by the Germans, who opened fire right away with machine guns and mortars. After touchdown, the soldiers had to cross the Rhine using only five inflatable rafts, which they did six times in total. During the crossing, eleven of them died and twenty-three were wounded. The figures on the painting are as yet unaware of this; they are still preparing for the journey in England, folding the rafts.
Video
Learn more about this painting from the artist himself.