Located on the corner of Wally Moesweg and Oud Blaricummerweg, on the left stands the home of renowned painter Bosch Reitz. Sigisbert (Gijs) Chrétien Bosch Reitz was born in Amsterdam on February 20, 1860. This artistic maestro, famed for his stunning pieces, tragically fell from a moving Gooische steam tram in 1938. As he stumbled home, his foot became entangled in the tram’s wheels, ultimately resulting in its crushing. He managed to make his way to a nearby hospital in Amsterdam, via taxi. However, his foot had been so terribly mangled that he succumbed to his injuries a few weeks later on April 9, 1938, and was laid to rest at Zorgvliet in Amsterdam.
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