When this was to be demolished as part of a city redevelopment project, the municipality offered him all the space he wanted in the school for canal-boat children at the Lage Kanaaldijk, for a symbolic sum. There he continued to work and - after the judicial separation from his wife in 1956 - live, until his death on 23 December 1986.
When this building was slated for demolition as part of a city renewal effort, the municipality offered him all the space he required at the school for canal-boat children at the Lage Kanaaldijk for a minimal fee. He continued to work and - after his divorce from his wife in 1956 - lived there until his death on December 23, 1986.