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Emmaplein, after the installation of the (1st) Bommel statue. In the distance the statue of Heer Bommel. On April 14, 1964, a statue of Ollie B. Bommel was unveiled in Den Bommel by Jeanette Toonder, daughter of Marten Toonder. She replaced her father who was unable to attend due to illness. The sculpture, made of chamotte clay by the Schiedam sculptor André Henderickx, was an initiative of the Leiden student sorority Ollie B. When Frits Henderickx (brother of the sculptor) and Jan Kemps saw thirty years later that the statue had expired, they decided to replace it with a bronze statue. At the beginning of 1995 they founded the Society "Heren van Stand", which in 1997 had the necessary funds and commissioned the Schiedam artist Harr Wiegman to design a new sculpture. On May 24, 1997, the bronze statue was unveiled by Eiso Toonder, the son of Marten Toonder. The old statue remained in Den Bommel; it stood in the public primary school 'Ollie B. Bommel' for years. The old statue has been in 'Tuindorp' for a few years.
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