a very personal atmosphere with a power of color and optimism more likely to be associated with a younger painter. Educator Krabbé developed into an important art educator, an innovator of drawing education for children. His thesis was that one should take the children's own poetry as point of departure. By way of exploring techniques as an adventure and with his own poetic stories he created an unlimited space of fantasy for children from which they could create. For example: "There are trees that dream of undertaking faraway journeys. Therefore they stand very straight and tall, hoping they will be selected to be the mast of a ship. On the other hand there are trees that are thoroughly content with the little plot of land they grow on. They bend and bow in every direction to see as much as possible of what happens on their little plot. They are bent and gnarled. Other trees look like they are shouting; 'Hooray!' They stretch their arms up to the sun, the clouds and the heavens…” He wrote many publications on art education for children in elementary school and high school, as well as for students of the teachers' colleges. His lectures throughout the Netherlands generated great enthusiasm because of his open, creative approach concerning art and children. Among others, he taught at the Kohnstamm School and the Adult Education Centre of Amsterdam. In the mid-1950s Krabbé had a TV programme in which he taught children how to draw. Selected exhibitions Gallerie Tswin, Zwijndrecht (1968) De Hoogovens, IJmuiden (1968) Singer Museum. Laren. 'Drie generaties Krabbé' (1985) Pictura, Dordrecht (1993) Krakeling, Amsterdam 'Eye Love Books' (1997) Voerman Museum, Hattem, 'Familieverbanden' (2000) Museum Casa Natal de Cervantes, Alcala de Henares, Spanje (2004) Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen (2008) Selected collections Don Quichote (1947). Series of etchings (18 sheets acquired by the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid and currently in possession of the Casa Natal de Cervantes in Alcala de Henares, Spain Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Joods Historisch Museum Amsterdam (Jewish Historical Museum) Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag (Royal Library) Selected writings Education and Art, Kroniek van Kunst en Kultuur18e jaargang, no.6, 1955 (Unesco) Muizen en bokken houden veel van Papier ("Mice and Billy goats very much like paper") (Proost, Amsterdam, 1955) Het Schema, Parnas, tijdschrift over de Vormgeving (Journal of Design) no.2 1956 Verborgen Mogelijkheden (8 delen), uitbeeldingsmogelijkheden voor jonge handen (Sijthoff, Leiden 1961)