Toto Koopman | |
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Born | Catharina Koopman 28 October 1908 |
Died | 27 August 1991 (aged 82) London, England |
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation | Model |
Partner | Erica Brausen (1945–1991) |
Catharina "Toto" Koopman (28 October 1908 – 27 August 1991) was a Dutch-Javanese model who worked in Paris prior to World War II. During that war she served as a spy for the Italian Resistance and was captured and held prisoner in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. She later helped establish the Hanover Gallery as one of the most influential art galleries in Europe in the 1950s.[1]