The collection of lithographs by Aart van Dobbenburgh, with some additional woodcuts and drawings, as received in 2003, represents the almost complete output of the artist. It displays the diversity of his work, although there is a clear emphasis on landscapes and portraits. Noteworthy are the many portraits he made of his mother, his wife Cosja and his daughter Marthy, whom he portrayed from her birth in 1955 to his own death in 1988. As a graphic artist Van Dobbenburgh received assignments on a regular basis, often for posters but also for stamps or bookplates. Van Dobbenburgh’s work reveals him as an artist with a strong social engagement, committed to the abolishment of war, poverty and excessive drinking. His convictions combine communist, Christian and pacifist elements. In later years the social element receded into the background and Van Dobbenburgh focused instead on still lifes and landscapes. Stylistically the artist developed from a representative of expressionism through surrealism to realism, which in the later years of his career became somewhat obsolete. The collection Van Dobbenburgh includes a number of letters, mostly by the artist to his patron Mr. P.D. Sanderse, and documentation, like a draft for a story (Straat der zondaren) and off-prints of articles on Van Dobbenburgh.