1958. Oil/canvas, 65 x 97 cm, lo. le. sign. and dat. V. D. Heydorn 58. - Painter, graphic artist adn illustrator. H. studied at the art school of Gabriele Schmilinsky and was also pupil of E. Bargheer, E. Hartmann, K. Kluth and P. Kayser. Since 1948 he worked as free lance artist, in 1969 he was decorated with the Edwin Scharff prize. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum), Flensburg, Hannover, Bonn, Schleswig (SHLM), Rostock a. others. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Meinz: V.D.H. - Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik, 1974, Wietek: V.D. H. - Landschaften aus sechs Jahrzehnten, 1983, E. Heydorn: V.D. H. - Maler und Graphiker, 2006 a. others.