Johanna Cecilia Andriessen
- Category : 1902-births
- Type : PE
- Profile : 3/6 - Martyr / Role Model
- Definition : Split - Small (21)
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Planning 4
Biography
Dutch pianist from a noted musical family.
She was the daughter of the organist, conductor and composer Nicolaas Hendrik Andriessen (9 May 1845, Hilversum – 16 May 1913, Haarlem) and the landscape paintress Gesina Johanna Francina Vester (23 December 1857, Heemstede - 20 January 1939, Haarlem).
The conductor and composer Hendrik Andriessen (17 September 1892, Haarlem - 17 April 1981, Haarlem), the pianist, conductor and composer Willem Andriessen (25 October 1887, Haarlem - 29 March 1964, Amsterdam ) and the sculptor Mari Andriessen (4 December 1897, Haarlem - 7 December 1979, Haarlem) were her siblings.
On June 28, 1923 Johanna married the Catholic politician Petrus Johannes (Piet) Witteman (26 February 1892, Nieuwendam - 28 September 1972, Haarlem) in Amsterdam. They got six sons and a daughter.
Her son Paul Witteman (14 October 1946, Haarlem) became a noted journalist and television host.
She died 10 October 1986.