Oort’s interests were diverse: Art (as shown by his work for the
Leiden Academical Arts Centre (LAK), nature, family and sports.
42. J.H. Oort steering a Groningen students’
rowing team (c.1920)
43. J.H. Oort's skates (loan mrs. Marijke de Smidt-Oort).
Oort was a fanatic skater (just like De Sitter). He always skated on
this typical Frisian 'doorlopers'. In 1981 (!) he took a nasty fall
while out skating on the lakes near Leiden. Afterwards he mostly stuck to
rowing and biking.
44. List of J.H. Oort’s skating excursions,
recollections recorded in 1961 for the past years, back to 1946. The
records begin as follows:‘Ice. 1961. January 27 (Friday). With Mieke,
Anton, [...] to village De Kaag and Rijpwetering. In the evening rain and
thaw. December 24 (Sunday). Skated for the first time. Many had skated
already on December 18 and 19 on the ditches in the fields, but after
December 19, thaw had set in. Thick ice. All through going canals are
splendidly frozen.’
45. Notes by J.H. Oort concerning meetings about
the organization of artistic activities in Leiden. Possibilities of
exhibitions dedicated to van Gogh, van Goyen and Jan Steen were discussed,
1947.
46. Painting of J.H. Oort by Gerard de Wit (1987)
(Loan Academisch Historisch Museum Leiden)
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